Placental weight and its ratio to birthweight in a Ukrainian city

Early Human Development

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-127

  Little, Ruth E ^a   Zadorozhnaja, Tamara D ^b   Hulchiy, Olesya P ^c   Mendel, Nikola A ^d   Shkyryak Nyzhnyk, Zoreslava A ^b   Chyslovska, Nataliya ^b   Gladen, Beth C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Ukrainian Inst Pediat Obstet G   (Ukraine)

^c BOGOMOLETS NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^d National Medical Academy for Post Graduate Education   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Placental weight; Ponderal index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UKRAINE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037377395     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(02)00118-4     Document Type: Article

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