Journal article

Mothers' health and babies' weights: The biology of poverty at the Melbourne Lying-in Hospital, 1857-83

J McCalman, R Morley

Social History of Medicine | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Published : 2003

DOI: 10.1093/shm/16.1.39

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Keywords

History & Philosophy of Science
Poverty
Humans
Crime
Mothers
Living Standards
Infant, Newborn
History, 19th Century
Urbanization
Gestation
Birth Weight
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Colonial Immigration
Australia
Childbirth
Infant Health
History
Infant
Maternal Welfare
Nutrition
Biology
Hospitals, Maternity
Arts & Humanities