New population-based references for birth weight, length, and head circumference in singletons and twins from 23 to 43 gestation weeks

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 446-454

  Sankilampi, Ulla ^a   Hannila, Marja Leena ^b   Saari, Antti ^b   Gissler, Mika ^c,e   Dunkel, Leo ^b,d  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Gestational age; Infant; Newborn; Parity; Preterm; Reference; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH LENGTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FINLAND; GESTATION PERIOD; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN; PARITY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FINLAND; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; TWINS;

EID: 84882308737     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2013.803739     Document Type: Article

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