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/library/oar/handle/123456789/16541| Title: | Birth-weight and socio-economic factors |
| Authors: | Camilleri, Arthur P. Micallef, T. |
| Keywords: | Birth weight -- Malta -- Statistics Birth weight -- Malta -- Social aspects -- Case studies Newborn infants -- Malta Birth weight -- Malta -- Case studies |
| Issue Date: | 1976 |
| Publisher: | The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette |
| Citation: | Camilleri, A.P., & Micallef, T. (1976). Birth-weight and socio-economic factors. The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette, 11(1), 57-61. |
| Abstract: | In 1974 there were 5762 total births in the Maltese Islands, and of these 3486 were born at St. Lukes`s Hospital Malta. Of the total births at this hospital, a sample of 407 records have been examined for this pilot study. The sample, which is believed to be reasonably representative of the respective situation in Malta, was restricted to primagravidae with no complication of pregnancy whose height was 5ft 1in and over. The effect of socio-economic factors upon birth-weight was studied, taking into account maternal age, duration of gestation and baby's sex. No such influence was detected to a convincing degree. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/16541 |
| Appears in Collections: | TSLHG, Volume 11, Issue 1 TSLHG, Volume 11, Issue 1 |
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| Birth-Weight and Socio-Economic Factors. A Pilot Study.pdf | Published for the Consultant Staff Committee, St. Luke`s Hospital, Malta and the Medical and Dental Surgery Faculties of the Royal University of Malta. | 341.29 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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