Fetal growth and timing of parturition in humans

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 946-951

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Sundaram, Rajeshwari ^a   Sun, Wenyu ^a   Troendle, James ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal development; Labor, obstetric; Parturition; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; NORMAL HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR ONSET; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 53749095062     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn203     Document Type: Article

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