Weight, volume and surface area of placenta of normal pregnant women and their relation to maternal and neonatal parameters in Malay, Chinese and Indian ethnic groups

Placenta

Volumn 23, Issue 8-9, 2002, Pages 691-696

  Sivarao, S ^a   Vidyadaran, M K ^a   Jammal, A B E ^a   Zainab, S ^a   Goh, Y M ^a   Ramesh, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DELIVERY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PARITY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHINA; ETHICS; HISTOLOGY; INDIA; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0036729039     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0817     Document Type: Article

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