Errors in gestational age: Evidence of bleeding early in pregnancy

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-218

  Gjessing, Håkon K ^a,c   Skjœrven, Rolv ^a   Wilcox, Allen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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

^c Section for Medical Statistics   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLEEDING; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0344780906     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.2.213     Document Type: Article

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