AWhat changed
Constructed percentile curves from 5,635 live-born infants spanning 24-42 weeks.
Scientific scope
The record is the exact four-author 1963 Pediatrics paper. Its hospital population, gestational-age ascertainment and historical setting limit transferability; it is not treated as a universal contemporary fetal-growth standard.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact four-author 1963 Pediatrics paper. Its hospital population, gestational-age ascertainment and historical setting limit transferability; it is not treated as a universal contemporary fetal-growth standard.
Contributors
- Lula O. Lubchenco · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Charlotte Hansman · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Marion Dressler · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Edith Boyd · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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