Ponderal index is a poor predictor of in utero growth retardation

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-119

  Haggarty, P ^a,b   Campbell, D M ^b   Bendomir, A ^b   Gray, E S ^b   Abramovich, D R ^b  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STILLBIRTH; WEIGHT INDEX;

BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0442291994     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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