Impact of maternal body build characteristics on newborn size in two different European populations

Human Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 761-774

  Kirchengast, Sylvia ^a   Hartmann, Beda ^a   Schweppe, Karl W ^b   Husslein, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Maternal anthropometrics; Newborn size; Pregnancy weight gain; Prepregnancy weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032146079     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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