Birth-weight percentiles by gestational age, Connecticut 1988-1993

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 131-140

  Roberts, Christine ^a,b,c   Mueller, Lloyd ^c   Hadler, James ^c  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CDC

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; NEWBORN; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030098266     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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