Population-based reference for birth weight for gestational age in northern China

Early Human Development

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 177-187

  Liu, Zhe ^a,b   Zhang, Jinliang ^b   Zhao, Baoxin ^c   Xue, Xiaoping ^c   Xu, Lizhen ^c   Wang, Fenfen ^d   Zhang, Yanping ^b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c Taiyuan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian population; Birth weight; Chinese population; Meta analysis; Reference curve

Indexed keywords

ASIAN POPULATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINESE POPULATION; META-ANALYSIS; REFERENCE CURVE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84894505481     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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