Auricular anthropometry of newborns at the Singapore General Hospital

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 383-389

  Lian, Wee Bin ^a   Cheng, Maureen S ^b   Tiong, Ing Hua ^b   Yeo, Cheo Lian ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Babies; Ear length and width; Ear measurements; Low set ears

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JAPANESE; LOW SET EAR; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 45249096896     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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