The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 143, Issue 2 , Pages 186-191, August 2003

Excess mortality and morbidity among small-for-gestational-age premature infants: a population-based study

From the Neonatal Department Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba, and the Women and Children's Health Research Unit, Gertner Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Received 29 October 2002; received in revised form 5 March 2003; accepted 13 March 2003.

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 The Israel National Very Low Birth-weight infant database is partially funded by the Israel Center for Disease Control and the Ministry of Health.

PII: S0022-3476(03)00181-1

doi:10.1067/S0022-3476(03)00181-1

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 143, Issue 2 , Pages 186-191, August 2003