Is body fat percentage a better measure of undernutrition in newborns than birth weight percentiles?

Pediatric Research

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 730-736

  Carberry, Angela E ^a,b   Raynes Greenow, Camille H ^b   Turner, Robin M ^b   Askie, Lisa M ^c   Jeffery, Heather E ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION;

EID: 84886092961     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2013.156     Document Type: Article

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