On the Relationship between Pregnancy Weight Gain and Chorioamnionitis

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 545-553

  Fields, S J ^a   Livshits, G ^a   Merlob, P ^b   Sirotta, L ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS SP.; UREAPLASMA;

EID: 0008460926     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1997)9:5<545::aid-ajhb2>3.0.co;2-t     Document Type: Article

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