Validation and refinement of an Australian customised birthweight model using routinely collected data

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 506-511

  Gibbons, Kristen ^a   Chang, Allan ^b   Flenady, Vicki ^a   Mahomed, Kassam ^a   Gardener, Glenn ^c   Gray, Peter H ^c  

^a MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c MATER MOTHERS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; birthweight; centiles; fetal growth; validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650109464     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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