Reliability of transportable instruments for assessment of infant length

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-121

  Byrne, Mary Woods ^b   Lenz, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Antimicrobial Resistance   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEW YORK CITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036769286     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/jnum.10.2.111.52554     Document Type: Article

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