A comparison of customized and population-based birth-weight standards: The influence of gestational age

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-45

  Hemming, Karla ^a   Hutton, Jane L ^b   Bonellie, Sandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight references; Customized standards; Fetal growth; Gestational age

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STANDARD; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 68349127359     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.05.033     Document Type: Article

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