Influence of birth weight on mortality from infectious diseases: A case-control study

C. G. Victora; P. G. Smith; J. P. Vaughan; L. C. Nobre; C. Lombardi; A. M B Teixeira; S. M. Fuchs; L. B. Moreira; L. P. Gigante; F. C. Barros

Influence of birth weight on mortality from infectious diseases: A case-control study

C. G. Victora, P. G. Smith, J. P. Vaughan, L. C. Nobre, C. Lombardi, A. M B Teixeira, S. M. Fuchs, L. B. Moreira, L. P. Gigante, F. C. Barros

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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 (

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	807-811
Number of pages	5
Journal	Pediatrics
Volume	81
Issue number	6
State	Published - 1988
Externally published	Yes

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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