Open AccessThe Impact of the Increasing Number of Multiple Births on the Rates of Preterm Birth and Low Birthweight: An International Study
Author(s) -
Béatrice Blondel,
Michael D. Kogan,
Greg R. Alexander,
Nirupa Dattani,
Michael S. Kramer,
Alison Macfarlane,
Shi Wu Wen
Publication year - 2002
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.92.8.1323
Subject(s) - medicine , population , demography , birth rate , infant mortality , preterm delivery , perinatal mortality , environmental health , low birth weight , pregnancy , obstetrics , fertility , gestation , fetus , sociology , biology , genetics
We studied the effects of twins and triplets on perinatal health indicators in the overall population in the 1980s and 1990s in Canada, England and Wales, France, and the United States.