Calf circumference as an alternative to birth weight for identification of low birth weight babies

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 275-277

  Samal, G C ^a,b   Swain, A K ^a  

^a VSS Medical College & Hospital   (India)

^b Doctors Colony   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; LEG; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEG; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035289339     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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