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Australasian Medical Publishing Company Ltd, Medical Journal of Australia, 1(192), p. 14-19, 2010

DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03394.x

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Birthweight and natural deaths in a remote Australian Aboriginal community

Journal article published in 2010 by Wendy E. Hoy ORCID, Jennifer L. Nicol ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

Objectives: To describe associations between birthweight and infant, child and early adult mortality from natural causes in a remote Australian Aboriginal community against a background of rapidly changing mortality due to better health services. Design, participants and setting: Cohort study of 995 people with recorded birthweights who were born between 1956 and 1985 to an Aboriginal mother in a remote Australian Aboriginal community. Participants were followed through to the end of 2006. Main outcome measures: Rates of natural deaths of infants (aged 0 to