Maternal underweight status and inadequate rate of weight gain during the third trimester of pregnancy increases the risk of preterm delivery

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 146-153

  Siega Riz, Anna Maria ^a   Adair, Linda S ^a   Hobel, Calvin J ^b  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropometry; Hispanic women; pregnancy; prematurity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030034474     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.1.146     Document Type: Article

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