Study: Health, education, marital status affect birth weight of girls
Study: Health, education, marital status affect birth weight of girls
- August 17, 2015
- Jennifer B. Kane, sociology assistant professor, is featured by UPI and Science Daily Aug. 17, 2015
From UPI:
"The odds of having a low-birth-weight baby were one and a half to two times greater
for mothers who themselves were born low birth weight compared to mothers who were
not born low birth weight," Jennifer B. Kane, assistant professor of sociology at
the University of California Irvine, said in a press release. "But also important
are social factors, including education and marital status."
For the full story, please visit http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2015/08/17/Study-Health-education-marital-status-affect-birth-weight-of-girls/4301439832864/?spt=hs&or=hn.
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