Metabolic Scaling Law for Fetus and Placenta

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 468-471

  Salafia, C M ^a,b   Yampolsky, M ^c  

^a Placental Analytics LLC   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Birth weight; Metabolic scaling; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; LAW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP;

BASAL METABOLISM; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 65049091690     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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