Weight-for-length reference data for preterm, low-birth-weight infants

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 964-970

  Guo, Shumei S ^a   Wholihan, Kevin ^a   Roche, Alex F ^a,b   Chumlea, Wm Cameron ^a,b   Casey, Patrick H ^c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0029810817     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170340078015     Document Type: Article

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