The need for a Pacific-specific low birth weight threshold: a comparison between Samoan babies born in Samoa with Samoan babies born in Aotearoa New Zealand
There are ethnic differences in mean birth weight, proportions of low birth weight, and infant mortality in the multiethnic society of Aotearoa New Zealand. Low birth weight in particular is strongly associated with infant mortality. Pacific babies born in Aotearoa New Zealand have a 40 percent grea...
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Auckland University of Technology,
2011-07-20T02:53:10Z.
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