The relationship between maternal birthweight and gestational age in twins and singletons and those of their offspring in Norway

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-36

  Glinianaia, Svetlana V ^a,c   Magnus, Per ^a   Skjærven, Rolv ^b   Bakketeig, Leiv S ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORWAY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PROGENY; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

EID: 0031403539     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1997.d01-188.x     Document Type: Article

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