Errors in anthropometric measurements in neonates and infants
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Errors in anthropometric measurements in neonates and infants.
The accuracy of methods used in Cape Town hospitals and clinics for the measurement of weight, length and age in neonates and infants became suspect during a survey of 12 local authority and 5 private sector clinics in 1994-1995 (Harrison et al. 1998). A descriptive prospective study to determine the accuracy of these methods in neonates at four maternity hospitals [2 public and 2 private] and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Curationis
سال: 2001
ISSN: 2223-6279,0379-8577
DOI: 10.4102/curationis.v24i2.817