Postnatal weight loss in term infants: What is "normal" and do growth charts allow for it?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Wright, C M ^a,b   Parkinson, K N ^b  

^a PEACH Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEWBORN; NURSE; PARENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 2342516720     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.026906     Document Type: Article

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