A nearly continuous measure of birth weight for gestational age using a United States national reference

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Oken, Emily ^a   Kleinman, Ken P ^a   Rich Edwards, Janet ^a   Gillman, Matthew W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal weight; Gestational age; MeSH Headings: Birth weight; Premature birth; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREDICTION; REFERENCE VALUE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; NEWBORN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2642531190     PISSN: 14712431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-3-6     Document Type: Article

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