Predicting neonatal outcomes: Birthweight, body mass index or ponderal index?

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 509-513

  Tamim, Hala ^a   Beydoun, Hind ^a   Itani, Mohammad ^b,c   Khogali, Mustafa ^a   Chokr, Imad ^d   Yunis, Khalid A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Najjar Hospital   (Lebanon)

^c LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^d Middle East Hospital Beirut   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Body mass index; Ponderal index

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN PERIOD; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; WEIGHT INDEX;

EID: 9644255734     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2004.120     Document Type: Article

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