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Reducing low birth weight: prioritizing action to address modifiable risk factors

Author(s) -

Christopher Johnson,

Siobhan Jones,

Shantini Paranjothy

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdv212

Subject(s) - environmental health , medicine , low birth weight , action (physics) , gerontology , pregnancy , biology , genetics , physics , quantum mechanics

Low birth weight (LBW) affects 6.9% of all UK births and has remained largely unchanged for many years. The United Nations and the World Health Assembly have set targets to substantially reduce global incidence. Understanding the contribution of modifiable risk factors to the burden of LBW is required to ensure appropriate interventions are in place to achieve this reduction.

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