Small for gestational age and risk of childhood mortality: A Swedish population study.

BACKGROUND:Small for gestational age (SGA) has been associated with increased risks of stillbirth and neonatal mortality, but data on long-term childhood mortality are scarce. Maternal antenatal care, including globally reducing the risk of SGA birth, may be key to achieving the Millennium Developme...

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Main Authors: Jonas F Ludvigsson, Donghao Lu, Lennart Hammarström, Sven Cnattingius, Fang Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-12-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002717