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Low birthweight and prematurity in relation to paternal factors: a study of recurrence

Author(s) -

Olga Basso,

Jørn Olsen,

Kaare Christensen

Publication year - 1999

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/28.4.695

Subject(s) - medicine , offspring , sibling , low birth weight , gestational age , premature birth , gestation , obstetrics , pediatrics , pregnancy , risk factor , danish , birth weight , demography , psychology , developmental psychology , linguistics , philosophy , genetics , sociology , biology

The importance of paternal determinants in the occurrence of low birthweight and prematurity is not well known. We investigated these outcomes in siblings and paternal half siblings as a function of changes in putative external determinants between two births in fathers who had experienced the birth of a premature and/or low birthweight (PTB/LBW) infant.

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