Weight-for-length relationship at birth to predict neonatal diseases

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 149-154

  Dias Bertagnon, José Ricardo ^a   de Mattos Segre, Conceição Aparecida ^b   Dall Colletto, Gloria Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Crown rump length; Newborn; Weight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PATIENT CODING; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRENATAL GROWTH; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TACHYPNEA; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0141891386     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802003000400002     Document Type: Article

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