Gross placental measures and childhood growth

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-23

  Baptiste Roberts, Kesha ^a,e   Salafia, Carolyn M ^b,c   Nicholson, Wanda K ^a,d   Duggan, Anne ^d   Wang, Nae Yuh ^d   Brancati, Frederick L ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Institute for Basic Science Research   (United States)

^c Placental Analytics LLC   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birthweight; BMI; Growth; Placenta

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHORION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649098384     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050802415728     Document Type: Article

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