Gestational age assessment by nurses in a developing country using the Ballard method, external criteria only

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-342

  Verhoeff, F H ^a,c   Milligan, P ^a   Brabin, B J ^a   Mlanga, S ^b   Nakoma, V ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEIGHT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NURSE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0030772248     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1997.11747907     Document Type: Article

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