Detecting small for gestational age infants: The development of a population-based reference for Washington State

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 405-412

  Lipsky, Sherry ^a,b   Easterling, Thomas R ^c   Holt, Victoria L ^b   Critchlow, Cathy W ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Fetal growth; Gestational age

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 28044470549     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872595     Document Type: Article

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