Reliability and determinants of anogenital distance and penis dimensions in male newborns from Chiapas, Mexico

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-228

  Romano Riquer, S Patricia ^a   Hernández Ávila, Mauricio ^a   Gladen, Beth C ^b   Cupul Uicab, Lea A ^a   Longnecker, Matthew P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anogenital distance; Birthweight; Fetal androgen; Gestational age; Length of penis; Reliability; Width of penis

Indexed keywords

ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; NEWBORN; PENIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANDROGENS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICO; ORGAN SIZE; PENIS; PERINEUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 34247117417     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00810.x     Document Type: Article

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