Benn index at birth is associated with postnatal linear growth

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1161-1166

  Cheung, Y B ^a   Albertsson Wikland, K ^a   Luo, Z C ^a   He, Q ^a   Karlberg, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Benn Index; Body height; Catch up growth; Fetal growth; Thinness

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTNATAL GROWTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT STATURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036397498     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2002.15.8.1161     Document Type: Article

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