Essays about: "low birth weight"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 essays containing the words low birth weight.

  1. 1. Water, Sanitation, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Mali: A Study of Early Neonatal Mortality and Low Birth Weight

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Bettina-Sophie Heinz; [2023]
    Keywords : water; sanitation; WASH; adverse pregnancy outcomes; low birth weight; early neonatal mortality; Mali; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the link between the water and sanitation environment mothers are exposed to during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Mali, specifically early neonatal mortality and low birth weight. The motivation and contribution for this analysis is that little research has been done on this topic, specifically in the Sub-Saharan African region and with the combination of those two outcome variables. READ MORE

  3. 2. EFFECT OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING MIXTURES AND CHEMICALS ON THE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION RATE OF ZEBRAFISH LARVAE

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Lieke van Iersel; [2022-08-08]
    Keywords : oxygen consumption; zebrafish larvae; respirometry; endocrine disrupting chemicals; mixture toxicity;

    Abstract : Chemicals affecting the endocrine system, so called endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC’s), have been steadily increasing in the environment over the last 40 years. EDCs are harmful chemicals since they can act through multiple endocrine pathways, contain a wide spectrum of health effects that can be very persistent and can cause effects already at a low doses. READ MORE

  4. 3. A summary of research on the association between periodontitis and pre-eclampsia, pre-term birth and low birth weight

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Tandläkarutbildning

    Author : Anna-Maria Rikko; Carina Ruecha; [2022]
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    Abstract : ABSTRACT Background: In the late 1980s the possibility was raised that periodontal infections could constitute maternal infections so it could influence adversely birth outcomes. Adversely birth outcomes such as preterm infants (born before 37 weeks of gestation). Low birth weight (LBW) (<2500g) is also usual with preterm infants. READ MORE

  5. 4. Effect of Endocrine Disruptor Chemicals(EDCs) Mixture G1 on Molecular Endpoints in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Wedyan Azeez Saleh Bahr; [2022]
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    Abstract : Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are used in many every-day products but they can alter functions of the endocrine system. Exposure to these chemicals during early development can lead to long term health adversities. READ MORE

  6. 5. Hur påverkar gyltans bobyggnadsbeteende modersegenskaperna och smågrisöverlevnaden?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Michaela Österman; [2021]
    Keywords : bobyggnadsbeteende; smågrisöverlevnad; smågrisdödlighet; bobygge; grisning;

    Abstract : Suggor har en stark vilja att bygga bo innan grisning trots att deras förhållanden har förändrats mycket från att bo utomhus till att nu bo inom den konventionella produktionen. Syftet med studien är att undersöka om gyltans bobyggnadsbeteende påverkar hennes modersegenskaper och därmed antalet avvanda smågrisar och avvänjningsvikterna, samt att undersöka varför smågrisarna dör. READ MORE