Birth Weight in Relation to Morbidity and Mortality among Newborn Infants
Open Access
- 22 April 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 340 (16) , 1234-1238
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199904223401603
Abstract
At any given gestational age, infants with low birth weight have relatively high morbidity and mortality. It is not known, however, whether there is a threshold weight below which morbidity and mortality are significantly greater, or whether that threshold varies with gestational age.Keywords
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