Upper arm measurements of healthy neonates comparing ultrasonography and anthropometric methods

Early Human Development

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-128

  Pereira da Silva, L ^a   Veiga Gomes, J ^b   Clington, A ^a   Videira Amaral, J M ^a   Bustamante, S A ^c  

^a Neonatal Intensive Care U Dona E ^*  (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DONA ESTEFÂNIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Skinfold thickness; Ultrasound; Upper arm areas

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; ULTRASOUND;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCLES; REFERENCE VALUES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032808793     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(98)00085-1     Document Type: Article

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