International standards for newborn weight, length, and head circumference by gestational age and sex: The Newborn Cross-Sectional Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9946, 2014, Pages 857-868

  Villar, Josë ^a,n   Ismail, Leila Cheikh ^a,n   Victora, Cesar G ^c,n   Ohuma, Eric O ^a,n   Bertino, Enrico ^c,d,n   Altman, Doug G ^a,n   Lambert, Ann ^a,n   Papageorghiou, Aris T ^a,n   Carvalho, Maria ^e,n   Jaffer, Yasmin A ^f,n   Gravett, Michael G ^g,n   Purwar, Manorama ^h,n   Frederick, Ihunnaya O ^i,n   Noble, Alison J ^b,n   Pang, Ruyan ^j,n   Barros, Fernando C ^c,k,n   Chumlea, Cameron ^l,n   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^e,n   Kennedy, Stephen H ^m,n   Katz, M ⁿ   Bhan, M K ⁿ   Garza, C ⁿ   Zaidi, S ⁿ   Langer, A ⁿ   Rothwell, P M ⁿ   Weatherall, D ⁿ   Burton, F ⁿ   Er, Y A Jaff ⁿ   Lumbiganon, P ⁿ   Rivera, J ⁿ   Shorten, M ⁿ   Hoch, L ⁿ   Knight, H E ⁿ   Cosgrove, C ⁿ   Blakey, I ⁿ   Roseman, F ⁿ   Kunnawar, N ⁿ   Gu, S H ⁿ   Wang, J H ⁿ   Wu, M H ⁿ   Domingues, M ⁿ   Gilli, P ⁿ   Juodvirsiene, L ⁿ   Musee, N ⁿ   Al Jabri, H ⁿ   Waller, S ⁿ   Muninzwa, D ⁿ   Yellappan, D ⁿ   Carter, A ⁿ   Reade, D ⁿ   Miller, R ⁿ   Salomon, L ⁿ   Leston, A ⁿ   Mitidieri, A ⁿ   Al Aamri, F ⁿ   Paulsene, W ⁿ   Sande, J ⁿ   Al Zadjali, W K S ⁿ   Batiuk, C ⁿ   Bornemeier, S ⁿ   Dighe, M ⁿ   Gaglioti, P ⁿ   Jacinta, N ⁿ   Jaiswal, S ⁿ   Oas, K ⁿ   Oberto, M ⁿ   Olearo, E ⁿ   Owende, M G ⁿ   Shah, J ⁿ   Sohoni, S ⁿ   Todros, T ⁿ   Venkataraman, M ⁿ   Vinayak, S ⁿ   Wang, L ⁿ   Wilson, D ⁿ   Wu, Q Q ⁿ   Zhang, Y ⁿ   Chamberlain, P ⁿ   Danelon, D ⁿ   Sarris, I ⁿ   Dhami, J ⁿ   Ioannou, C ⁿ   Knight, C L ⁿ   Napolitano, R ⁿ   Wanyonyi, S ⁿ   Pace, C ⁿ   Mkrtychyan, V ⁿ   Al Habsi, F ⁿ   Alija, M ⁿ   Jimenez Bustos, J M ⁿ   Kizidio, J ⁿ   Puglia, F ⁿ   Liu, H ⁿ   Lloyd, S ⁿ   Mota, D ⁿ   Ochieng, R ⁿ   Rossi, C ⁿ   Luna, M Sanchez ⁿ   Shen, Y J ⁿ   Rocco, D A ⁿ   Albernaz, E ⁿ   Batra, M ⁿ   Bhat, B A ⁿ   Di Nicola, P ⁿ   Giuliani, F ⁿ   Rovelli, I ⁿ   McCormick, K ⁿ   Paul, V ⁿ   Rajan, V ⁿ   Wilkinson, A ⁿ   Varalda, A ⁿ   Eskenazi, B ⁿ   Corra, L A ⁿ   Dolk, H ⁿ   Golding, J ⁿ   Matijasevich, A ⁿ   De Wet, T ⁿ   Zhang, J J ⁿ   Bradman, A ⁿ   Finkton, D ⁿ   Burnham, O ⁿ   Farhi, F ⁿ   Fonseca, S ⁿ   Sclowitz, I K ⁿ   Da Silveira, M ⁿ   He, Y P ⁿ   Pan, Y ⁿ   Yuan, Y ⁿ   Choudhary, A ⁿ   Choudhary, S ⁿ   Deshmukh, S ⁿ   Dongaonkar, D ⁿ   Ketkar, M ⁿ   Khedikar, V ⁿ   Mahorkar, C ⁿ   Mulik, I ⁿ   Saboo, K ⁿ   Shembekar, C ⁿ   Singh, A ⁿ   Taori, V ⁿ   Tayade, K ⁿ   Somani, A ⁿ   Frigerio, M ⁿ   Gilli, G ⁿ   Giolito, M ⁿ   Occhi, L ⁿ   Signorile, F ⁿ   Stones, T ⁿ   Todros, W ⁿ   Kisiang'ani, C ⁿ   Al Abri, J ⁿ   Al Abduwani, J ⁿ   Al Lawatiya, H ⁿ   Al Rashidiya, B ⁿ   Juangco, F R ⁿ   Andersen, H F ⁿ   Abbott, S E ⁿ   Algren, H ⁿ   Sorensen, T K ⁿ   Enquobahrie, D ⁿ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Nagpur INTERGROWTH 21st Research Centre Ketkar Hospital   (India)

ⁱ Center for Perinatal Studies   (United States)

^j PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^k CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^l WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

ⁿ Hospital for Sick Children ^*

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CEPHALOMETRY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL AGE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907424655     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(14)60932-6     Document Type: Article

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