A comparison of Caucasian and Southeast Asian Hmong uterine fundal height during pregnancy

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 521-526

  Buhmann, Lynn ^a   Elder, William G ^d,e   Hendricks, Bryan ^b   Rahn, Kristen ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Fox Valley   (United States)

^b Marathon Center

^c Medical School   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fundal height; Hmong; Homogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UTERUS; VARIANCE;

EID: 0031800362     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1998.770509.x     Document Type: Article

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