How accurate are antenatal weight measurements? A survey of hospital and community clinics in a South Thames Region NHS Trust

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-175

  Harris, Helen E ^a,d   Ellison, George T H ^a,c   Holliday, Mary ^b   Nickson, Caroline ^b  

^a Department of Pharmacy   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL SCREENING; RELIABILITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENGLAND; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 0031848796     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1998.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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