Mid arm circumference (MAC) and body mass index (BMI) - The two important auxologic parameters in neonates

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 341-345

  Nair, R Bindu ^a   Elizabeth, K E ^a   Geetha, S ^a   Varghese, Sarath ^a  

^a SAT Hospital for Women and Children   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEONATAL WEIGHT LOSS; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOREARM; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749616617     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml023     Document Type: Article

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