Gestational assessment assessed

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Wariyar, Unni ^a   Tin, Win ^b   Hey, Edmund ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal information; Gestational assessment; Records

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0031419903     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.77.3.F216     Document Type: Article

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