Postpartum weight change: How much of the weight gained in pregnancy will be lost after delivery?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 701-707

  Greene, Geoffrey W ^a,b,c   Smiciklas Wright, Helen ^a,b,c   Scholl, Theresa O ^a,b,c   Karp, Robert J ^a,b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PUERPERIUM; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023940644     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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