Calf Circumference as a Predictor of Low Birth Weight Babies

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-121

  Gupta, V ^a   Hatwal, S K ^a   Mathur, S ^a   Tripathi, V N ^a   Sharma, S N ^a   Saxena, S C ^a   Khadwal, A ^a  

^a GSVM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; JUVENILE; LEG; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT--DETERMINANTS; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; RESEARCH REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTHERN ASIA; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIA; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDIA; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT--DETERMINANTS; MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; YOUTH;

ANTHROPOMETRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEG; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030075657     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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