Fetal bone strength and umbilical cord length

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 603-605

  Wright, D ^a   Chan, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MOVEMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; UMBILICAL CORD; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH; TIBIA; UMBILICAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749092960     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2009.64     Document Type: Article

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