Mid-arm circumference and mid-arm/head circumference ratios: Standard curves for anthropometric assessment of neonatal nutritional status

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 311-315

  Sasanow, Sharon R ^a,b,c   Georgieff, Michael K ^a,b,c   Pereira, Gilberto R ^a,b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY BUILD; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS; FETUS; GROWTH; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIMB CIRCUMFERENCE; NEWBORN; NORMAL VALUE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0022538573     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(86)80393-6     Document Type: Article

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