Use of a Body Proportionality Index for Growth Assessment of Preterm Infants

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 486-491

  Olsen, Irene E ^a,b,c   Lawson, M Louise ^a,b,d   Meinzen Derr, Jareen ^a   Sapsford, Amy L ^a   Schibler, Kurt R ^a,b   Donovan, Edward F ^a,b   Morrow, Ardythe L ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY PROPORTIONALITY INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; OHIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 62649127946     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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