[Birth weight of infants born between the 23rd and 42nd gestational week in Italy].
The Italian distribution of birth weight has been computed using information routinely collected by the Italian Central Institute of Statistics on about 1,150,000 births in the period 1984-1985. Individual records include data on birth weight for single/multiple births for 28th-42nd gestational weeks and for delivery modalities for 23rd-27th gestational weeks, according to sex. This analysis shows, from a large national data-set, distribution of weight at birth from a Southern European population, providing to obstetrics and perinatologists curves of fetal growth more directly representative of the population under their care.
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italia.
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Parazzini
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Cortinovis
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Bortolus
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Zanardo
D001724:Birth Weight; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy