New South Wales population-based birthweight percentile charts

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 512-518

  Beeby, P J ^a   Bhutap, T ^a   Taylor, L K ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

birth length; birthweight; gestational age; growth charts; head circumference; percentiles; population based

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030452328     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1996.tb00965.x     Document Type: Article

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