Neonatal length inaccuracies in clinical practice and related percentile discrepancies detected by a simple length-board

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 199-203

  Wood, Anna J ^a   Raynes Greenow, Camille H ^b   Carberry, Angela E ^b,c   Jeffery, Heather E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

epidemiology; growth; length measurement; length board; neonate; nutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABY; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH BOARD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN LENGTH; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84875001449     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12119     Document Type: Article

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