Increasing social variation in birth outcomes in the Czech Republic after 1989

I. Koupilová, M. Bobák, J. Holčík, H. Pikhart and D.A. Leon

American Journal of Public Health, 1998, vol. 88, issue 9, 1343-1347

Abstract: Objectives. This study investigated variation in birth outcome in the Czech Republic after the political change of 1989. Methods. Routinely collected records on singleton live births in 1989, 1990, and 1991 (n = 380 633) and 1994, 1995, and 1996 (n = 286 907) were individually linked to death records. Results. Mean birthweight fell from 3323 g to 3292 g (P

Date: 1998
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