Impact of maternal age and maternal somatic characteristics on newborn size

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 220-228

  Kirchengast, Sylvia ^a   Hartmann, Beda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037339117     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10139     Document Type: Article

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