Estimations of body surface area in newborns

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 366-370

  Ahn, Youngmee ^a   Garruto, Ralph M ^b  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometric parameters; Height; Newborns; Weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BODY SURFACE AREA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 41949120098     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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