"Infant, Low Birth Weight" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An infant having a birth weight of 2500 gm. (5.5 lb.) or less but INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT is available for infants having a birth weight of 1500 grams (3.3 lb.) or less.
Descriptor ID |
D007230
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MeSH Number(s) |
M01.060.703.520.460
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Concept/Terms |
Infant, Low Birth Weight- Infant, Low Birth Weight
- Low-Birth-Weight Infant
- Infant, Low-Birth-Weight
- Infants, Low-Birth-Weight
- Low Birth Weight Infant
- Low-Birth-Weight Infants
Low Birth Weight- Low Birth Weight
- Birth Weight, Low
- Birth Weights, Low
- Low Birth Weights
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infant, Low Birth Weight" by people in Profiles.
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Psychological, cultural and neuroendocrine profiles of risk for preterm birth. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2015 Sep 03; 15:204.
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Acculturation and low-birthweight infants among Latino women: a reanalysis of HHANES data with structural equation models. Am J Public Health. 1996 Mar; 86(3):394-6.
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Use of anthropometric indicators and maternal risk factors to evaluate intrauterine growth retardation in infants weighing more than 2500 grams at birth. Early Hum Dev. 1994 Apr 15; 36(3):147-55.
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The prevalence of intrauterine growth retardation in Mexican Americans. Am J Public Health. 1994 Mar; 84(3):462-5.
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The effects of prenatal care utilization and maternal risk factors on pregnancy outcome between Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites. J Natl Med Assoc. 1993 Mar; 85(3):195-202.
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Mexican-Americans' use of prenatal care and its relationship to maternal risk factors and pregnancy outcome. Am J Prev Med. 1992 Jan-Feb; 8(1):1-7.
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Interpretative views on Hispanics' perinatal problems of low birth weight and prenatal care. Public Health Rep. 1991 Jul-Aug; 106(4):420-6.