Optimal fetal growth for the Caucasian singleton and assessment of appropriateness of fetal growth: An analysis of a total population perinatal database

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Blair, Eve M ^a   Liu, Yingxin ^a   de Klerk, Nicholas H ^a   Lawrence, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MORPHOMETRICS; PARITY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRENATAL GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL MODEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 26444456993     PISSN: 14712431     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-5-13     Document Type: Article

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