Birthweight Measurement Charts Tailored to Specific Ethnic Groups May Be Better Predictor of Adverse (IMAGE)
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Immigrant women give birth to about one-third of the babies born in Ontario. Yet clinicians still measure those babies before and after birth using the same scales that measure babies whose mothers were born in Canada, often of Western European ancestry, says Dr. Marcelo Urquia, an epidemiologist at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health of St. Michael's Hospital.
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