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Birth Weight

Known as: babies birth weight, birthweight, infant birthweight 
The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual at BIRTH. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.
National Institutes of Health

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BirthFetal Health and DevelopmentFetal MacrosomiaFetal Weight

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Body WeightWeighing patient

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Climate Change and Birth Weight.
There is a growing consensus that emissions of greenhouse gases due to human activity will alter the earth’s climate, most… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Birth weight and risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review.
CONTEXT Low birth weight is implicated as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. However, the strength, consistency, independence… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Births: preliminary data for 2004.
OBJECTIVES This report presents preliminary data for 2004 on births in the United States. U.S. data on births are shown by age… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Premature birth and later insulin resistance.
BACKGROUND Term infants who are small for gestational age appear prone to the development of insulin resistance during childhood… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Births: final data for 2002.
OBJECTIVES This report presents 2002 data on U.S. births according to a wide variety of characteristics. Data are presented for… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Is birth weight related to later glucose and insulin metabolism?—a systematic review
Aim To determine the relationship of birth weight to later glucose and insulin metabolism. 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Periodontal therapy may reduce the risk of preterm low birth weight in women with periodontal disease: a randomized controlled trial.
BACKGROUND Recent studies have suggested that periodontal disease is a risk factor for preterm low birth weight (PLBW). A… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Birth weight and cognitive function in the British 1946 birth cohort: longitudinal population based study
OBJECTIVE To examine the association between birth weight and cognitive function in the normal population. DESIGN A… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Morbidity and mortality among very-low-birth-weight neonates with intrauterine growth restriction
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
An Update of the Swedish Reference Standards for Weight, Length and Head Circumference at Birth for Given Gestational Age (1977‐1981)
ABSTRACT. An update of the Swedish reference standards for weight, length, and head circumference at birth, for each week of… 
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