BACKGROUND Incense burning for rituals or religious purposes is an important tradition in many countries. However, incense smoke contains particulate matter and gas products such as carbon monoxide, sulfur, and nitrogen dioxide, which are potentially harmful to health. OBJECTIVES We analyzed the relationship between prenatal incense burning and birth weight and head circumference at birth usi...

OBJECTIVES To determine the rate of extrauterine growth restriction in very low birth weight infants and to evaluate the influence of perinatal variables, clinical practices, and neonatal morbidities on this outcome. METHODS A longitudinal study was performed in four neonatal units in the city of Rio de Janeiro. 570 very low birth weight infants were analyzed. The study included perinatal var...

BACKGROUND Many centers in Israel still use pre-1970 reference data for neonatal weight, length and head circumference. A recently published population-based reference overestimated the weight of premature infants. OBJECTIVE To develop a national reference for birth weight, birth length and head circumference by gestational age for singleton infants in Israel. METHODS Data were collected on...

background: malnutrition is one of the most common hazards which compromise children’s health. previous studies have reported high rates of malnutrition in kohkilouyeh and boyer ahmad. objective: this study was conducted to evaluate the frequency of child malnutrition in yasuj and to explore the association between family characteristics and malnutrition. methods: data were collected from healt...

Results from previous studies on associations between maternal fish and seafood intakes and fetal growth are inconclusive. The aim of the present study was to investigate how maternal intakes of seafood, subtypes of seafood and supplementary n-3 fatty acids were associated with infant birth weight, length and head circumference in a prospective study in Norway. The study population included 62 ...

Parental education and maternal intelligence are well-known predictors of child IQ. However, the literature regarding other factors that may contribute to individual differences in IQ is inconclusive. The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of a number of variables whose predictive status remain unclarified, in a sample of basically healthy children with a low rate of pre- and pos...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between low birth weight, head-to-abdominal circumference ratio, and insulin resistance in early life. METHOD AND RESULTS Glycated serum proteins (GSPs) were quantified at delivery in 612 Chinese mother/child pairs serving as a surrogate of maternal and fetal glycemia. Differential ultrasound examination of the fetal's body (head circumference, biparietal ...