Nuchal cord evident at birth impacts on fetal size relative to that of the placenta

Early Human Development

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-202

  Osak, Roberta ^a   Webster, Karen M ^a   Bocking, Alan D ^a   Campbell, M Karen ^a   Richardson, Bryan S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Placental weight; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; DATA BASE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; OXYGEN TENSION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0030850503     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(97)00030-3     Document Type: Article

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