1. A study of birth weight in full term viable Punjabi infants
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L. S. Sidhu and Subhash Anand
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Singleton ,Obstetrics ,Birth weight ,Infant, Newborn ,India ,Infant newborn ,Birth order ,Sex Factors ,Sex factors ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Birth Weight ,Humans ,Medicine ,Female ,Statistical analysis ,Seasons ,Birth Order ,business ,Full Term - Abstract
A study of birth weight was conducted on 1729 singleton births recorded during the year 1970 in two local hospitals of Patiala city. The sample comprised of 915 and 814 male and female infants respectively. Male infants were found to be heavier than the female infants respectively. Male orders of birth. Summer and winter months gave higher birth weights in the two sexes; it may not, however, be directly related to thermal conditions. The birth weight showed a steady increase in both the sexes up to the 6th order of birth after which there was a general decline. Statistical analysis for differences due to sex and order of birth have been given in the text. Norms for birth weight have also been provided.
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- 1972
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