Maternal weight gain patterns and birth weight outcome in twin gestation

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 551-556

  Lantz, Michael E ^a   Chez, Ronald A ^a,b   Rodriguez, Alfredo ^a   Porter, Kathy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Harbourside Medical Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029886391     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(95)00485-8     Document Type: Article

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