Maternal smoking during pregnancy and socioeconomic factors as predictors of low birth weight in term pregnancies in Nis | Zendy

Miodrag Stojanović | Zendy; Vladmila Bojanić | Zendy; Dijana Musovic | Zendy; Zoran Milošević | Zendy; Dušica Stojanović | Zendy; Aleksandar Višnjić | Zendy; Miodrag Vučić | Zendy; Ivica Milosavljević | Zendy; M Vidanović | Zendy

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Maternal smoking during pregnancy and socioeconomic factors as predictors of low birth weight in term pregnancies in Nis

Author(s) -

Miodrag Stojanović,

Vladmila Bojanić,

Dijana Musovic,

Zoran Milošević,

Dušica Stojanović,

Aleksandar Višnjić,

Miodrag Vučić,

Ivica Milosavljević,

M Vidanović

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

vojnosanitetski pregled

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2406-0720

pISSN - 0042-8450

DOI - 10.2298/vsp1002145s

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , pregnancy , medicine , low birth weight , obstetrics , logistic regression , demography , birth weight , premature birth , gestational age , pediatrics , environmental health , population , genetics , sociology , biology

Low birth weight (LBW) is a result of preterm birth or intrauterine growth retardation, and in both cases is the strongest single factor associated with perinatal and neonatal mortality. It is considered that socioeconomic factors, as well as mothers bad habits, play the most significant role in the development of LBW, which explains notable number of researches focused on this particular problem. The aim of this study was to characterize socioeconomic factors, as well as smoking habits of the mothers, and their connection with LBW.

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