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In the literature: dispelling hallucinations about birthweight: how hard is it?

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dc.contributor.authorKeirse, M.
dc.contributor.authorMaster, M.
dc.contributor.authorPlutzer, K.
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractBirthweight is an important determinant of perinatal outcome and future health well into adulthood. Before weighing newborn infants became enshrined in practice, birthweights tended to be based on an educated guess or, as alleged by Roederer in 1753, on hallucination. Two centuries later, they led to a Babylonic confusion between weight and maturity at birth. Even nowadays, hallucinations about birthweight and its effect on infant health have not entirely disappeared. New hallucinations still emerge and remain as difficult to dispel as they once were.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMarc J.N.C. Keirse, Mandana Master and Kamila Plutzer
dc.identifier.citationBirth, 2012; 39(3):258-262
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1523-536X.2012.00555.x
dc.identifier.issn0730-7659
dc.identifier.issn1523-536X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/73496
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Inc
dc.rights© 2012, Copyright the Authors, Journal compilation © 2012, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-536x.2012.00555.x
dc.subjectBirthweight
dc.subjectdeciduous tooth
dc.subjectfetal growth
dc.subjectgestational age
dc.subjectprematurity
dc.subjectprimaryteeth
dc.subjectretraction of publication
dc.subjectterm birth
dc.subjecttooth eruption
dc.titleIn the literature: dispelling hallucinations about birthweight: how hard is it?
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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