Fetal growth

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1133-1135

  Steer, Philip ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN SIZE; DYSTOCIA; EVOLUTION; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PELVIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS;

EID: 0031761247     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb09965.x     Document Type: Article

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