Determining gestational age for public health care users in Brazil: Comparison of methods and algorithm creation

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pereira, Ana Paula Esteves ^a   Dias, Marcos Augusto Bastos ^a   Bastos, Maria Helena ^b   Da Gama, Silvana Granado Nogueira ^a   Leal, Maria Do Carmo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Algorithm creation; Capurro method; Gestational age estimation; Last menstrual period; Prematurity rate; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALGORITHMS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874587601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-60     Document Type: Article

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