Prospective cohort study of factors influencing the relative weights of the placenta and the newborn infant

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7098, 1997, Pages 1864-1868

  Williams, Lucy A ^a   Evans, Sharon F ^a   Newnham, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTHOOD; PERINATAL CARE; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0030963273     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7098.1864     Document Type: Article

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