Risk factors for small-for-gestational-age infants by customised birthweight centiles: Data from an international prospective cohort study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1599-1607

  McCowan, L M E ^a   Roberts, C T ^b   Dekker, G A ^c   Taylor, R S ^a   Chan, E H Y ^a   Kenny, L C ^d   Baker, P N ^e   Moss Morris, R ^f   Chappell, L C ^g   North, R A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight; customised birthweight centile; fetal growth restriction; risk factors; small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FRUIT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEW ZEALAND; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE ARTERY; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78649237385     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02737.x     Document Type: Article

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