Determination of birth indices in healthy neonates

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 469-472

  Nickavar, Azar ^a,b   Golnari, P ^a   Seddigh, N ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Birth indices; Chest circumference; Head circumference; Height; Weight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 41749091596     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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