Allometric Metabolic Scaling and Fetal and Placental Weight

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-360

  Salafia, C M ^a   Misra, D P ^b   Yampolsky, M ^c   Charles, A K ^d   Miller, R K ^e  

^a Placental Analytics LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Princess Margaret Hospital for Children   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Birth weight; Metabolic scaling; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; METABOLIC RATE; MOTHER; PARITY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; THICKNESS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 62349140166     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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