Open AccessThe effect of high altitude and other risk factors on birthweight: independent or interactive effects?
Author(s) -
G M Jensen,
Lorna G. Moore
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.87.6.1003
Subject(s) - altitude (triangle) , effects of high altitude on humans , demography , medicine , birth weight , parity (physics) , gestational age , residence , pregnancy , pediatrics , biology , mathematics , genetics , geometry , physics , particle physics , sociology , anatomy
This study examined whether the decline in birth-weight with increasing altitude is due to an independent effect of altitude or an exacerbation of other risk factors.
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