Weight, length, ponderal index, and intrauterine growth retardation in Brazil

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 355-357

  Rondo P H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032433877     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.6.355     Document Type: Article

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