Size at birth, maternal nutritional status in pregnancy, and blood pressure at age 17: Population based analysis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7106, 1997, Pages 449-453

  Laor, Arie ^a   Stevenson, David K ^b   Shemer, Jeoshua ^c   Gale, Rena ^d   Seidman, Daniel S ^e  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^e SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISRAEL; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030750779     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7106.449     Document Type: Article

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