birth weight
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbirthandweight
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birth
noun
uk/bɜːθ/us/bɝːθ/
the time when a baby or young animal comes out of its ...
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weight
noun
uk/weɪt/us/weɪt/
the amount that something or ...
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(Definition ofbirthandweightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Maternal growth during pregnancy and decreased infantbirthweight.
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What is the definition of lowbirthweight, preterm birth, and small for gestational age?
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Evidence suggests that anaemia during pregnancy may adversely influence intrauterine growth rate, prematurity andbirthweight.
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As with age,birthweightdata are not available for 1990-1993 survivors.
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For the risk scale, adjusted tests controlled forbirthweightand study site.
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Effects of twiningbirthweightand gestational age.
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Neurobehavioural outcomes of school-age children born extremely lowbirthweightor very preterm in the 1990s.
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Relations between infant neurobehavioral performance and cognitive outcome in very lowbirthweightpreterm infants.
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Adrenal steroidogenesis in very lowbirthweightpreterm infants.
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Nor was any information regardingbirthweightand medical history of the dead children sought.
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The most fundamental guidelines respect the factors of gestational age andbirthweight.
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There were no associations betweenbirthweightand children's negative reactivity or initial regulatory activity.
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Low and very lowbirthweightin infants conceived with use of assisted reproductive technology.
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Our data show similar associations between lowerbirthweightand both smoking and primiparity.
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In only a small fraction can lowbirthweightbe attributed to bad medical care.
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These pregnancies are associated with lowbirthweight.
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This disease occurs as a direct consequence of pregnancy and is associated with lowbirthweight.
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In fact,birthweightwas higher without a cerclage.
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