Open AccessFamily, socioeconomic and prenatal factors associated with failure to thrive in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)
Author(s) -
Peter S Blair
Publication year - 2004
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/dyh100
Subject(s) - failure to thrive , medicine , weight gain , birth weight , pediatrics , longitudinal study , low birth weight , socioeconomic status , population , cohort study , pregnancy , cohort , body weight , environmental health , pathology , biology , genetics
The epidemiological profile of infants failing to thrive is unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the prenatal and socioeconomic factors associated with these infants using standardized weight gain conditional on previous weight.
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