Are all growth-restricted newborns created equal(ly)?

Pediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 599-602

  Kramer, Michael S ^a   Platt, Robert ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   McNamara, Helen ^b,c   Usher, Robert H ^a,b,c  

^a Dept of Epidemiol and Biostatist ^*  (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; Intrauterine growth restriction; Low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PARITY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033029936     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.103.3.599     Document Type: Article

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