Invited commentary: The incremental value of customization in defining abnormal fetal growth status

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1309-1312

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Sun, Kun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

birth weight; customization; fetal growth; large for gestational age; small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADULT; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; LITERATURE REVIEW; PREGNANCY; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRASONICS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; ETHNICITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; PARITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RACE; REVIEW; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TERM BIRTH;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CUSTOMIZATION; FETAL GROWTH; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 84885702692     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt174     Document Type: Review

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