Growth in weight, recumbent length, and head circumference for preterm low-birthweight infants during the first three years of life using gestation-adjusted ages

Early Human Development

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 305-325

  Guo, Shumei S ^a,d   Roche, Alex F ^a   Chumlea, Wm Cameron ^a   Casey, Patrick H ^b   Moore, William M ^c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Division of Human Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Increments; Reference data; Status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

AGING; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030894528     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(96)01793-8     Document Type: Article

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