Prenatal weight gain within upper and lower recommended ranges effect on birth weight of black and white infants

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 489-494

  Hickey, Carol A ^a,b,c   Mcneal, Sandre F ^a,b,c   Menefee, Larry ^a,b,c   Ivey, Saundra ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEGRO; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030886820     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00301-3     Document Type: Article

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