Gestational age-specific growth parameters for infants born at US military hospitals

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 461-467

  Braun, LoRanee ^a   Flynn, Deirdre ^a   Ko, Chia Wen ^b   Yoder, Bradley ^c   Greenwald, Jeffrey R ^a   Curley, Benton B ^a   Williams, Roberta ^a   Thompson, Mark W ^a,d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b National Institute on Deafness   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestational age; Growth; Head circumference; Length; Military; Weight

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL, AGE AND GROWTH PARAMETERS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH CURVE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUBLICATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4844225278     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/A03-022R.1     Document Type: Article

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