WEIGHT, LENGTH AND HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE STANDARDS BASED ON A POPULATIONOF DANISH NEWBORN BOYS AND GIRLS IN GESTATIONAL WEEKS 25 TO 43

Growth standards of birth weight, birth length and birth head circumfe rence were constructed based on a population of Danish newborn boys an d girls in gestational weeks twenty-five to forty-three. Study populat ions were residents of the municipality of Odense for later gestationa l ages and residents of the county of Funen for early gestational ages . Strict selection criteria were employed.