Article: Antecedents of respiratory pauses in extremely low birth weight infants supported by proportional assist ventilation

Article: Low birth weight and residential proximity to ...
Environmental Health Perspectives;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... of giving birth to an infant with low birth weight (< 2,500 g), and that this ... increased risk of giving birth to a low-birth-weight baby. We used the birth registry of ... 5% of the 945,077 births. The birth weight in the PCB zip codes was on average ...

Article: Low birth weight linked to long-term respiratory ...
Pediatrics Week;  July 25, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... in young adults with a history of low birth weight," wrote lead researcher Eric C. Walter ... findings suggest that not only are [low birth weight] survivors at increased risk for long ... diagnoses. They then linked these cases to birth weight data listed on birth certificates where ...

Low birth weight and interactions between traditional risk ...
Journal of Genetic Psychology;  December 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Low birth weight, defined as a birth weight of less than 2,500 g, is one of several perinatal risk ... studies, the Institute of Medicine (1985) emphasized low birth weight as a major determinant of infant mortality. Low birth weight ...

Article: Low birth weight, psychiatric problems in children, ...
The Hindustan Times;  September 2, 2008 ;     588 words ... ... Syndication. Washington, Sep. 2 -- Low birth-weight children appear to be at higher risk ... childhood through high school than normal birth-weight children, says a study. Besides, low birth-weight children from urban communities may ...

Article: Birth weight, math and reading achievement growth: ...
Social Forces;  March 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... background are not at equal risk for low birth weight (LBW < 2500g), with the most ... be born prematurely and/or of lower birth weight (Sastry and Hussey 2003; Cramer 1995 ... between poor birth outcomes, specifically birth weight, and children's developmental outcomes ...

Article: Variability of birth-weight distributions by sex ...
Human Biology;  June 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... GAGE AND GENE THERRIAULT Abstract Birth weight is the most important proximate determinant ... However, the association between birth weight and infant mortality is not constant ... African American infants is lower at low birth weight but higher at high birth weight ...

Article: BORN TO LOSE: HOW BIRTH WEIGHT AFFECTS ADULT ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... issued the following press release: Birth weight has significant and lasting effects ... s Children, is the first to link birth weight with adult health and socioeconomic ... siblings to isolate the impact of low birth weight apart from other common family conditions ...