Reliability of routine clinical measurements of neonatal circumferences and research measurements of neonatal skinfold thicknesses: Findings from the Born in Bradford study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-171

  West, Jane ^a   Manchester, Ben ^b   Wright, John ^a   Lawlor, Debbie A ^c   Waiblinger, Dagmar ^a  

^a BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abdominal circumference; birth head circumference; Born in Bradford; mid upper arm circumference; neonatal anthropometry; reliability; skinfold thicknesses

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TECHNICAL ERROR OF MEASUREMENT;

EID: 79551581824     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2010.01181.x     Document Type: Article

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