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Is it appropriate to use WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study standards to assess the growth parameters of Sri Lankan babies? A single-centre cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: To compare the anthropometric measurements of newborns in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka, with WHO standards. METHODS: Birth weight, length and occipitofrontal circumference (OFC) of 400 consecutive, term newborns of healthy mothers were measured in a tertiary care hospital. RESULT...

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Autores principales: Abeyagunawardena, Ishanya Ayeshini, Abeynayake, Arundhi, Anuththara, Thushani, Alawaththegama, Kasun, Amanda, Sakuni, Abeyrathne, Vishaka, Amaradasa, Prabhadi, Anuradha, Buddhika, Ahmed, Hanan, Abeykoon, Chathupa, Fernando, Dinesh Malcolm Gerard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5842993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29637182
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2017-000174