Length and ponderal index at birth: associations with mortality, hospitalizations, development and post-natal growth in Brazilian infants | Zendy

Saul S. Morris | Zendy

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Length and ponderal index at birth: associations with mortality, hospitalizations, development and post-natal growth in Brazilian infants

Author(s) -

Saul S. Morris

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/27.2.242

Subject(s) - medicine , anthropometry , birth weight , gestational age , pediatrics , small for gestational age , etiology , logistic regression , infant mortality , pregnancy , population , biology , genetics , environmental health

Low birthweight infants suffer greater mortality and neonatal morbidity, grow less well in infancy and show poorer psycho-motor development. However, this simple categorization may obscure important differences in aetiology and prognosis between infants born stunted, thin, or both.

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