Specific weights of risk factors in low birth weight.

ISBN-13: 9786205012369 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str.

José Franco Monsreal; Lidia Serralta Peraza; Javier Flores Abuxapqui

Opis

Low birth weight has been a mystery for science throughout the ages. Many investigations have been carried out on the causes that produce it and the consequences it provokes. Birth weight is one of the variables recognized as one of the most important because of its association with increased risk of mortality in any period, especially in the perinatal period. Birth weight is undoubtedly the most important determinant of a newborn's chances of experiencing satisfactory growth and development. For this reason, the rate of low birth weight newborns is currently considered as a general health indicator, since it has a multifactorial cause that is due to maternal problems as well as fetal and environmental problems.

O autorze

D. in Medical Sciences from the School of Medicine and the University Center for Biomedical Research of the University of Colima; Doctor of Doctrine in Nutrition from Uniclau Laude International Christian University (ULICU); Doctor of Ecclesiastical Science in Public Health from ULICU; and Doctor of Doctrine in Marine Sciences from ULICU.