Neonatal and Infant Mortality in Korea, Japan, and the U.S.: Effect of Birth Weight Distribution and Birth Weight-Specific Mortality Rates

Difference in crude neonatal and infant mortality rates (NMR and IMR) among different countries is due to the differences in its two determinants: birth weight distribution (BWD) and birth weight-specific mortality rates (BW-SMRs). We aimed to determine impact of BWD and BW-SMRs on differences in cr...

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Main Authors: Kim, Do-Hyun, Jeon, Jihyun, Park, Chang Gi, Sriram, Sudhir, Lee, Kwang-sun
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974188/