Prenatal care in combination with maternal educational level has a synergetic effect on the risk of neonatal low birth weight: new findings in a retrospective cohort study in Kunshan City, China.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the dose-response relationship and synergetic effect of the maternal educational level and two measures of prenatal care on neonatal low birth weight (LBW) risk. METHODS: Data were derived from the Perinatal Health Care Surveillance System (PHCSS) from January 2001 to Sept...

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Main Authors: Lin-Lin Dai, Yuan-Yuan Mao, Xiao-Ming Luo, Yue-Ping Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4245141?pdf=render