Measures of placental growth in relation to birth weight and gestational age

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 991-998

  Salafia, Carolyn M ^a,b   Maas, Elizabeth ^b   Thorp, John M ^c   Eucker, Barbara ^c   Pezzullo, John C ^b   Savitz, David A ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b EarlyPath Clinical and Research Diagnostics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Gestational age; Infant; Placenta; Premature

Indexed keywords

AGE; MATERNAL HEALTH; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UMBILICAL CORD; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 27744452943     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi305     Document Type: Article

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