Growth pattern of low birth weight babies in the first year of life

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 485-488

  Sridhar, K ^a   Bhat, B Vishnu ^a   Srinivasan, S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

First year; Growth; Low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036594656     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02722649     Document Type: Article

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