Weight/length ratio: Is it a good index to assess nutritional status of full-term newborns?;Razão peso/comprimento: Um bom indicador do estado nutricional em recém-nascidos a termo?

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-224

  Braga, Taciana D De A ^a,c   Lima, Marília De C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

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EID: 54149113218     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/jped.834     Document Type: Article

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