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The associations of parity and maternal age with small-for-gestational-age, preterm, and neonatal and infant mortality: a meta-analysis

BMC Public Health · 2013 · Vol. 13(S3) · pp. S2–S2

Naoko Kozuki✉(Johns Hopkins University)Anne CC Lee(Brigham and Women's Hospital)Mariângela Freitas da Silveira(Universidade Federal de Pelotas)Ayesha Sania(Boston University)Joshua P. Vogel(University of Western Australia)Linda S. Adair(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)Fernando C. Barros(Universidade Federal de Pelotas)Laura E. Caulfield(Johns Hopkins University)Parul Christian(Johns Hopkins University)Wafaie Fawzi(Boston University)Jean H. Humphrey(Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research)Lieven Huybregts(Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde)Aroonsri Mongkolchati(Mahidol University)Robert Ntozini(Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research)David Osrin(George Institute for Global Health)Dominique Roberfroid(Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde)James M. Tielsch(Johns Hopkins University)Anjana Vaidya(George Institute for Global Health)Robert E. Black(Johns Hopkins University)Joanne Katz(Johns Hopkins University)Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG) Small-for-Gestational-Age-Preterm Birth Working Group

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Abstract

Funding was provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (810-2054) by a grant to the US Fund for UNICEF to support the activities of the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group.

Global Maternal and Child Health Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Family Dynamics and RelationshipsMedicineGestational ageOdds ratioSmall for gestational ageParity (physics)ObstetricsCohort studyOddsCohortPediatrics

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AdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansInfantInfant MortalityInfant, NewbornInfant, Small for Gestational AgeMaternal AgeParityPregnancyRisk FactorsCohort StudiesPrevalenceOdds Ratio