Functional performance according to gestational age and birth weight of preschool children born premature or with low weight | Zendy

Elvidi. AdamsonMacedo | Zendy

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Functional performance according to gestational age and birth weight of preschool children born premature or with low weight

Author(s) -

Elvidi. AdamsonMacedo

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of human growth and development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218

H-Index - 11

eISSN - 2175-3598

pISSN - 0104-1282

DOI - 10.7322/jhgd.20043

Subject(s) - marital status , ethnic group , low birth weight , low income , medicine , medical care , public health , demography , pediatrics , environmental health , gerontology , pregnancy , family medicine , nursing , political science , socioeconomics , population , sociology , biology , law , genetics

Premature labour is a major health problem. Besides medical factors, risk factors include lower social class, less education, single marital status, low income younger maternal age, low body weight, ethnicity, smoking, poor housing. The long term sequelae can be severe and the cost - financially and socially - of care is high. Preterm birth is indeed a major clinical public heath problem that accounts for nearly 50% of all neonatal deaths.

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