Prenatal weight gain advice: An examination of the recent prenatal weight gain recommendations of the institute of medicine

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 664-669

  Parker, Jennifer D ^a   Abrams, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0026566243     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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