State of the science in measurement of infant size at birth

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 150-158

  Johnson, Teresa S ^a,b   Engstrom, Janet L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FETUS GROWTH; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUERPERIUM; RELIABILITY; THIGH; THORAX;

EID: 0036750990     PISSN: 15273369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/nbin.2002.35122     Document Type: Article

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