What are the causes for low birthweight in Japan? A single hospital-based study

Yoshifumi Kasuga; Satoru Ikenoue; Masumi Tamagawa; Maki Oishi; Toyohide Endo; Yu Sato; Miho Iida; Yasunori Sato; Mamoru Tanaka; Daigo Ochiai

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0253719

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What are the causes for low birthweight in Japan? A single hospital-based study

Yoshifumi Kasuga ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: 17yoshi23.k@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2395-9591

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Satoru Ikenoue,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Masumi Tamagawa,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Maki Oishi,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Toyohide Endo,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Yu Sato,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Miho Iida,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Yasunori Sato,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Mamoru Tanaka,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Daigo Ochiai

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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What are the causes for low birthweight in Japan? A single hospital-based study

Yoshifumi Kasuga,
Satoru Ikenoue,
Masumi Tamagawa,
Maki Oishi,
Toyohide Endo,
Yu Sato,
Miho Iida,
Yasunori Sato,
Mamoru Tanaka,
Daigo Ochiai

Published: June 23, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253719

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