Birth Order - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Natural selection of FLT1 alleles and their association with malaria resistance in utero.

6 Sep 2008 Placental malaria (PM) caused by Plasmodium falciparum contributes significantly to infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa and is associated with pregnancy loss. We hypothesized that fetal genes that modify PM would be associated with fetal ... Read more...

Factors associated with ambulance requests for febrile seizures.

30 Jul 2008 The objective of this study was to determine factors associated with ambulance requests for febrile seizures. This study retrospectively investigated medical records of patients who visited the Emergency Care Unit at Tokyo Metropolitan Toshima ... Read more...

Compliance of children and youngsters in the use of mouthguards.

30 Jul 2008 The purpose of the study was to examine the compliance of children wearing their mouthguards, and to evaluate socio-environmental factors that impact upon the usage of the device. Eighty children attending the student clinic of the Hadassah School ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Birth Order'

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• Natural selection of FLT1 alleles and their association with malaria resistance in utero. 6 Sep 2008
• Factors associated with ambulance requests for febrile seizures. 30 Jul 2008
• Compliance of children and youngsters in the use of mouthguards. 30 Jul 2008
• Re: "Brothers and reduction of the birth weight of later-born siblings". 29 Jul 2008
• The effect of maternal anthropometric characteristics and social factors on gestational age and birth weight in Sudanese newborn infants. 16 Jul 2008
• Researchers probe effects of pregnancy, birth on childhood asthma and allergy. 30 Jun 2008
• Maternal demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of live-born infants with isolated ocular congenital abnormalities. 29 Jun 2008
• Childhood hygiene is associated with the risk for inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based study. 26 Jun 2008
• Perinatal factors and the risk of testicular germ cell tumors. 30 May 2008
• Events after stillbirth in relation to maternal depressive symptoms: a brief report. 30 May 2008
• Cambodia 2005: results from the demographic and health survey. 30 May 2008
• Rwanda 2005: results from the demographic and health survey. 30 May 2008
• Birth-related characteristics, congenital malformation, maternal reproductive history and neuroblastoma: the ESCALE study (SFCE). 13 May 2008
• Effects of birth order and maternal age on breast cancer risk: modification by whether women had been breast-fed. 29 Apr 2008
• Offspring birth weight, gestational age and maternal characteristics in relation to glucose status at age 53 years: evidence from a national birth cohort. 29 Apr 2008
• How pre- and postnatal risk factors modify the effect of rapid weight gain in infancy and early childhood on subsequent fat mass development: results from the Multicenter Allergy Study 90. 29 Apr 2008
• Effect of breastfeeding and sociodemographic factors on visual outcome in childhood and adolescence. 29 Apr 2008
• Risk preferences and the timing of marriage and childbearing. 29 Apr 2008
• Financial incentives do not always work: an example of cesarean sections in Taiwan. 21 Apr 2008
• Maternal and paternal contribution to intergenerational recurrence of breech delivery: population based cohort study. 25 Mar 2008

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Technical information about 'Birth Order'

Definition: The sequence in which children are born into the family.

Descriptor UI: D001722

Alternative terms: Birth Order; Birth Orders; First Birth; Birth, First; Births, First; First Births;

Allowable Qualifiers: psychology;

Tree Number: F01.829.263.132; I01.240.361.160; N01.224.361.160; N06.850.505.400.400.160;

Technical Notes: IM