Anthropometry of Malawian live births between 35 and 41 weeks of gestation

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 639-649

  Kalanda, B F ^a,b   Van Buuren, S ^c   Verhoeff, F H ^a   Brabin, B J ^a,d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; Malawi; Percentiles; Sweden

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND DISEASE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALAWI; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SWEDEN; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALAWI; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SWEDEN;

EID: 27844463641     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460500228675     Document Type: Article

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