Neonatometer: A New Infant Length Measurer

Arch Dis Child. 1972 December; 47(256): 938–940.

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Neonatometer

A New Infant Length Measurer

D. P. Davies and R. E. Holding

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Abstract

A new instrument for measuring crown-heel length in infancy is described. Reproducibility data show it to be capable of detecting the small increments in linear growth that might be expected at this age, with an accuracy and reliability certainly adequate for any conceivable purpose at the present time.

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