Low Birthweight and Asthma Among Young Urban Children
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Visual function in low birthweight children.
AIM To determine the visual functions, at age 10-12 years, of a geographically based cohort of children of birth weight less than 1701 g. The results were compared to a group of children born at full term. METHODS 572 low birthweight (LBW) "low birthweight cohort" children who had been examined in the neonatal period were invited for review at 10-12 years of age. 169 11 year old schoolchildre...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2005.079400