The case against customised birthweight standards

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-16

  Hutcheon, Jennifer A ^a   Zhang, Xun ^b   Platt, Robert W ^b   Cnattingius, Sven ^c   Kramer, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

customised birthweight standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CUSTOMIZED BIRTHWEIGHT STANDARD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STANDARD; STILLBIRTH;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650157219     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2010.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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