INDIGENOUS HEALTH — RESEARCH Effect of smoking among Indigenous and non-Indigenous mothers on preterm birth and full-term low birthweight
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‘The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 3 November 2008 189 9 490-494 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2008 www.mja.com.au Indigenous Health — Research 10% of mothers who smoke during pregnancy are Indigenous, although Indigenous mothers make up only 3%–4% of all mothers in Australia. Across Australia, 16% of non-Indigenous others smoke compared with 53% of Indigenous mothers. There is incontrovertible evidence that to m 31 D Main birth Resu and 1 perce
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Effect of smoking among Indigenous and non-Indigenous mothers on preterm birth and full-term low birthweight. Comment.
OBJECTIVE To estimate the percentage of preterm (< 37 weeks) and full-term low-birthweight (37-41 weeks, < 2500 g) babies born to mothers who smoke, stratified by Indigenous status and statistically adjusted for the potential confounding effects of social and demographic factors, medical conditions and pregnancy complications. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Population-based study of singlet...
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