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A New and Improved Population-Based Canadian Reference for Birth Weight for Gestational Age

PEDIATRICS · 2001 · Vol. 108(2) · pp. e35–e35

Michael S. Kramer✉(Pediatrics and Genetics)Robert W. Platt(McGill University)Shi Wu Wen(Health Canada)K.S. Joseph(Dalhousie University)Alexander C. Allen(Dalhousie University)Michał Abrahamowicz(McGill University)Béatrice BlondelGérard Bréartfor the Fetal/Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System

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Abstract

This new sex-specific, population-based reference should improve clinical assessment of growth in individual newborns, population-based surveillance of geographic and temporal trends in birth weight for gestational age, and evaluation of clinical or public health interventions to enhance fetal growth. fetal growth, birth weight, gestational age, preterm birth, postterm birth.

Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Birth, Development, and Health Gestational Diabetes Research and ManagementGestational ageMedicinePercentileBirth weightSmall for gestational ageSingletonObstetricsPopulationGestationCrown-rump length

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AlgorithmsBirth WeightCanadaFemaleGestational AgeHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureInfant, Small for Gestational AgeMalePregnancyReference ValuesUnited StatesSex Distribution

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