An empiric evaluation of the Institute of Medicine's pregnancy weight gain guidelines by race

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 878-884

  Schieve, Laura A ^a   Cogswell, Mary E ^b   Scanlon, Kelley S ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031805162     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00106-9     Document Type: Article

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