The morbidity, mortality, and growth patterns of intrauterine growth retarded (IUGR) infants vary according to body proportionality, or the ponderal index. Much less in known, however, about the factors that give rise to the various forms of IUGR. This study tests that hypothesis that the rate of ma
Maternal height, pregnancy weight gain, and birthweight
โ Scribed by Kate E. Pickett; Barbara Abrams; Steve Selvin
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 66 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1042-0533
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