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Abstract
We studied 289 newborn infants from birth till one year of age. Low birth weight babies (less than 2.5 kg) were 52.9%. Boys suffered 9.7 episodes of sickness, and girls 8.6 episodes of sickness. The mean episodes of various sicknesses, and their impact on weight gain, feeding pattern and growth pattern are discussed. Six deaths were observed, of which 4 were among the low birth weight babies. Mortality in babies born less than 2 kg was 44.4% and above 2 kg was less than 1%.Entities:
Keywords: Age Factors; Asia; Biology; Birth Weight; Body Weight; Breast Feeding; Child Development; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diarrhea; Diarrhea, Infantile; Diseases; Family Planning; Family Planning, Behavioral Methods; Follow-up Studies; Gastrointestinal Effects; Geographic Factors; Growth; Health; India; Infant; Infant Mortality; Infant Nutrition; Lactation, Prolonged; Low Birth Weight--complications; Malnutrition; Morbidity; Mortality; Nutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Slums; Southern Asia; Spatial Distribution; Studies; Supplementary Feeding; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization; Weaning; Youth
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2807450 DOI： 10.1007/bf02726615
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Pediatr ISSN： 0019-5456 Impact factor: 1.967