Term Low Birth Weight or Macrosomia among Immigrant Mothers in Korea
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Birth statistics of high birth weight infants (macrosomia) in Korea
PURPOSE The authors analyzed the trend from the birth-related statistics of high birth weight infants (HBWIs) over 50 years in Korea from 1960 to 2010. METHODS We used 2 data sources, namely, the hospital units (1960's to 1990's) and Statistics Korea (1993 to 2010). The analyses include the incidence of HBWIs, birth weight distribution, sex ratio, and the relationship of HBWI to maternal age....
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عنوان ژورنال: Perinatology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2508-4887,2508-4895
DOI: 10.14734/pn.2020.31.4.179