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The Body Density of Newborn Infants
Author(s) -
FRIISHANSEN BENT
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1963.tb03810.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics
SUMMARY A method is described by which the body density of the newborn infant can be measured in vivo. The average result obtained in 29 newborn infants, all below 24 lira of age, is 1.030 with a standard deviation of ± 0.030.