Secular trends of fetal growth in Canada, 1981 to 1997

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 347-354

  Wen, Shi Wu ^e   Kramer, Michael S ^a   Platt, Robert ^a   Demissie, Kitaw ^b   Joseph, K S ^c   Liu, Shiliang ^d   Sauve, Reg ^f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0142166799     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2003.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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