Birth weight for gestational age: A reference study in a tertiary referral hospital in the middle region of Turkey

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 578-582

  Topçu, Hasan Onur ^a   Güzel, Ali Irfan ^a   Özgü, Emre ^a   Yildiz, Yunus ^a   Erkaya, Salim ^a   Uygur, Dilek ^a  

^a ZEKAI TAHIR BURAK WOMEN S HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Gestational age; Reference growth curves

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; NEWBORN; SAMPLE SIZE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); STANDARD; TURKEY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TURKEY;

EID: 84922636087     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2014.05.013     Document Type: Article

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