Anthropometric characteristics of pregnant women in Cali, Colombia and relationship to birth weight

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-38

  Piperata, Barbara A ^a   Dufour, Darna L ^a,b   Reina, Julio C ^b   Spurr, G B ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEG MUSCLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036141821     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10001     Document Type: Article

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