Relationship between maternal and newborn anthropometric measurements in Sudan

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 326-331

  Elshibly, Eltahir M ^a   Schmalisch, Gerd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Anthropometric measurements; Mother; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUDAN; SUPINE POSITION; THIGH; THORAX;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUDAN;

EID: 66549116642     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02756.x     Document Type: Article

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