Birth anthropometric parameters in high and low altitude areas of Southwest Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 560-565

  Al Shehri, Mohamed A ^a   Abolfotouh, Mostafa A ^b   Dalak, Mohamed A ^b   Nwoye, Luke D ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SAUDI ARABIA; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 19044366735     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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