The Starting Gate: Birth Weight and Life Chances

The Starting Gate: Birth Weight and Life Chances
ISBN-10
0520239555
ISBN-13
9780520239555
Category
Medical
Pages
258
Language
English
Published
2003-10-08
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Authors
Dalton Conley, Kate W. Strully, Neil G. Bennett

Description

Seven per cent of newborns in the United States weigh in at less than five and a half pounds. In this text the authors argue that the social and biological determinants and consequences of low birth weight have not been adequately explored by social scientists or natural/life scientists.

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