Alternatives to low birthweight as a population-level indicator of infant and child health
Background: Low birthweight (<2500 g) is often used as a population-level indicator of maternal-child health, as it is easy to measure and correlates with poorer infant health outcomes. However, it conflates preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction, which have different causal pathways a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sax Institute
2022-03-01
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| Series: | Public Health Research & Practice |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp31122106 |