Maternal physical activity in pregnancy and infant size for gestational age

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 513-519

  Alderman, Beth W ^a,c   Zhao, Hui ^a   Holt, Victoria L ^a   Watts, D Heather ^b   Beresford, Shirley A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Birth Weight; Exercise; Exertion; Gestational Age; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EXERCISE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031666726     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(98)00020-9     Document Type: Article

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