Are Hong Kong babies getting bigger?

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-271

  Brieger, G M ^a   Rogers, M S ^a   Rushton, A W ^a   Mongelli, M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030992686     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(97)00068-4     Document Type: Article

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