Maternal and neonatal anthropometry

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 349-356

  Rondó, Patricia Helen de Carvalho ^a   Tomkins, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; MATERNAL HEALTH; NUTRITION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; STATISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0032849373     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724939992194     Document Type: Article

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