Extremely low birth weight and body size in early adulthood

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 347-350

  Doyle, L W ^a,c   Faber, B ^b   Callanan, C ^b   Ford, G W ^b   Davis, N M ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics ^*  (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 1942502178     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2002.025924     Document Type: Article

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