Comparison of anthropometric characteristics of german-born vs. asian-born mothers and their neonates an analysis of the german perinatal survey (19th Communication)

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 472-477

  Straube, S ^a   Voigt, M ^b   Hesse, V ^c   Jahrig K ^d   Hallier, E ^a   Schmidt, T ^b   Wittwer Backofen, U ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Sudstadt   (Germany)

^c Berlin Working Group   (Germany)

^d University of Freiburg ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

German Perinatal Survey; maternal body dimensions; maternal country of origin; neonatal body dimensions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 77953830359     PISSN: 00165751     EISSN: 14388804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249995     Document Type: Article

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