Changes in the body weight of term infants, born in the tropics, during the first seven days of life

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Turner, Claudia ^a,b,c   Carrara, Verena ^a,b   Thien, Naw Aye Mya ^a   Paw, Naw Moo Ku ^a   Rijken, Marcus ^a   McGready, Rose ^a,b,c   Nosten, François ^a,b,c  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neonate; Weight gain; Weight loss; Weight velocity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TROPICS; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CLIMATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAILAND;

BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84878893664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-93     Document Type: Article

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