Body Image Change in Pregnancy: A Comparison of Normal Weight and Overweight Primigravidas

Birth

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Fox, Pauline ^a   Yamaguchi, Chryseus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0031091463     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536x.1997.00035.pp.x     Document Type: Article

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