Construction of the birth weight by gestational age population reference curves of Catalonia (Spain): Methods and development

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-81

  Ramos, Francisca ^a,b   Pérez, Glória ^c,d,e   Jané, Mireia ^f   Prats, Ramon ^f  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^c AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f Department of Health   (Spain)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Growth curves; Implausible values; Kurtosis; Skewness; Smoothing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; REFERENCE VALUE; SPAIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPAIN;

EID: 60249098937     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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