Open AccessImpact of Low Birth Weight on Early Childhood Asthma in the United States
Author(s) -
Ann-Marie Brooks,
Robert S. Byrd,
Michael Weitzman,
Peggy Auinger,
John T. McBride
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.155.3.401
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , low birth weight , birth weight , odds ratio , confidence interval , pediatrics , demography , population , pregnancy , environmental health , genetics , sociology , biology
To estimate the independent contribution of birth weight to asthma prevalence among children younger than 4 years in the United States and to compare the magnitude of its effect on asthma between African American and white children.
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