Should we adjust for gestational age when analysing birth weights? The use of z-scores revisited

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2080-2083

  Delbaere, Ilse ^a   Vansteelandt, Stijn ^a   De Bacquer, Dirk ^a   Verstraelen, Hans ^a   Gerris, Jan ^a   De Sutter, Petra ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Gestational age; Z score

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ETHNICITY; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOMOGRAM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547725208     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem151     Document Type: Article

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