Distribution of birth weight for gestational age in Japanese infants delivered by cesarean section

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-222

  Uehara, Ritei ^a   Miura, Fumihiro ^b   Itabashi, Kazuo ^b   Fujimura, Masanori ^c   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Cesarean section; Distribution; Gestational age; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; JAPAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79957484632     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20100123     Document Type: Article

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