Maternal obesity increases congenital malformations

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 146-150

  Prentice, Andrew ^a   Goldberg, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0029762724     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1996.tb03917.x     Document Type: Review

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