A united states national reference for fetal growth

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-168

  Alexander, Greg R ^a,b,c,d   Himes, John H ^a,b,c,d   Kaufman, Rajni B ^a,b,c,d   Mor, Joanne ^a,b,c,d   Kogan, Michael ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030024504     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006250-199602000-00001     Document Type: Article

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