Observational study of maternal anthropometry and fetal insulin

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Soltani K, H ^a,b   Bruce, C ^a   Fraser, R B ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index; Insulin; Maternal anthropometry

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0032770871     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.81.2.F122     Document Type: Article

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