Secular birth weight changes in liveborn infants before, during, and after 1991-1995 homeland war in Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 452-458

  Bralić, Irena ^a,f   Rodin, Urelija ^b   Vrdoljak, Javor ^c   Plavec, Davor ^d   Čapkun, Vesna ^e  

^a Pediatric Outpatient Clinic   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c Alergologiju I Reumatologiju S Klini kom Imunologijom   (Croatia)

^d SREBRNJAK CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^f Private Pediatric Outpatient Clinic   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; GROWTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; WAR; WEIGHT CHANGE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CROATIA; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WAR;

EID: 33745221653     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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