Evaluation of the INTERGROWTH-21st project newborn standard for use in Canada.

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the performance of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project newborn standard vis-a-vis the current Canadian birth weight-for-gestational age reference. METHODS:All hospital-based singleton live births in Canada (excluding Quebec) between 2002 and 2012 with a gestational age between 33 and...

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Main Authors: Shiliang Liu, Amy Metcalfe, Juan Andrés León, Reg Sauve, Michael S Kramer, K S Joseph, Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System (Public Health Agency of Canada)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5336248?pdf=render