Influence of Birth Weight on Mortality From Infectious Diseases: A Case-Control Study

Authors :: Cesar Victora
Smith, P. G.
Vaughan, J. P.
Nobre, L. C.
Lombardi, C.
Teixeira, A. M. B.
Fuchs, S. M.
Moreira, L. B.
Gigante, L. P.
Barros, F. C.
Source :: Scopus-Elsevier
Publication Year :: 1988
Publisher :: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), 1988.
Abstract: The association between birth weight and infant mortality from infectious diseases was investigated in a population-based case-control study in two urban areas in southern Brazil. All deaths of children, seven to 364 days of age, occurring in a year were studied and the parents of the 357 infants dying of an infectious cause were interviewed, as were the parents of two neighborhood control infants for each case. Low birth weight infants (

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