A comparison of the merits of using birth weight, or appropriateness of birth weight to gestational age, in the assessment of subsequent growth in twin children

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 596-605

  Green, M ^a   Buckler, J M H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appropriateness of birth weight; Birth weight; Height; Twins; Weight

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEIGHT; PREGNANCY; WEIGHT;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

ANTHROPOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TWINS;

EID: 56649123414     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460802375604     Document Type: Article

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