Centile charts for birthweight for gestational age for Scottish singleton births

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bonellie, Sandra ^a   Chalmers, James ^b   Gray, Ron ^c   Greer, Ian ^d   Jarvis, Stephen ^e   Williams, Claire ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ISD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CENTILE CHART; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PARITY; PROBABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFANT WELFARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 41049091884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-8-5     Document Type: Article

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