Systematic review of the methodological quality of studies designed to create neonatal anthropometric charts

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 987-996

  Giuliani, Francesca ^a   Ohuma, Eric ^b   Spada, Elena ^c   Bertino, Enrico ^a   Al Dhaheri, Ayesha S ^d   Altman, Douglas G ^b   Conde Agudelo, Agustin ^e,f   Kennedy, Stephen H ^b   Villar, Jose ^b   Ismail, Leila Cheikh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal anthropometric charts; Newborn head circumference; Newborn length; Newborn weight; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RECORD; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; GROWTH CURVE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 84941935804     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.13112     Document Type: Review

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