Head and chest circumferences as predictors of low birth weight in Indian babies

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 146-150

  Verma, S S ^a   Ghadiok, A K ^a   Kishore, N ^a   Singh, O P ^b  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b ARMY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INDIAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NOMOGRAM; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THORAX;

EID: 0029885858     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.3.146     Document Type: Article

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