Evaluation of fetal growth by estimation of neonatal body composition

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 46-50

  Catalano, Patrick M ^a   Tyzbir, Elaine D ^a   Allen, Scott R ^a   McBean, Judith H ^a   McAuliffe, Timothy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; EMBRYO AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026512877     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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