Conceptual issues related to the construction of prescriptive standards for the evaluation of postnatal growth of preterm infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1034-1038

  Villar, J ^a   Knight, H E ^a   De Onis, M ^b   Bertino, E ^c   Gilli, G ^c   Papageorghiou, A T ^a   Cheikh Ismail, L ^a   Barros, F C ^d   Bhutta, Z A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN CARE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649819775     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.175067     Document Type: Review

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