Alternatives to low birthweight as a population-level indicator of infant and child health

Background: Low birthweight (<2500 g) is often used as a population-level indicator of maternal-child health, as it is easy to measure and correlates with poorer infant health outcomes. However, it conflates preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction, which have different causal pathways a...

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Published in:	Public Health Research & Practice
Main Authors:	Daneeta Hennessy, Siranda Torvaldsen, Jason P Bentley, Jennifer R Bowen, Helen A Moore, Christine L Roberts
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	CSIRO Publishing 2022-03-01
Subjects:	birthweight
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp31122106