Birth weight for gestational age of Mexican American infants born in the United States

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 943-947

  Overpeck, Mary D ^a,b   Hediger, Mary L ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Trumble, Ann C ^a   Klebanoff, Mark A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PARITY; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033036108     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00553-5     Document Type: Article

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