Measured length of normal term infants changes over the first two days of life

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 537-540

  Shinwell, Eric S ^a,b   Shlomo, M ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Length; Neonate; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSITION; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANDOMIZATION; STUDENT T TEST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEG; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEG; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037928770     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2003.16.4.537     Document Type: Article

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