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Social causes of low birth weight
1US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA.
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
|November 1, 1995
Abstract:
The manifest importance of reducing the incidence of low birth weight is most obvious for the first year of life: low birth weight is the single most important factor affecting infant morbidity and mortality. However, there is growing evidence that the adverse consequences of low birth weight continue throughout the life cycle. This review deals primarily with social causes of low birth weight.