Mid-arm circumference and mid-arm/head circumference ratio in term newborns

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 53-59

  Barbosa Duque, Bettina ^a,c   Aparecida de Mattos Segre, Conceição ^b  

^a HOSPITAL MATERNIDADE LEONOR MENDES DE BARROS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthrometry; Cephalometry; Fetal growth restriction; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL GROWTH; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

EID: 2942632906     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802004000200004     Document Type: Article

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