Lowered weight gain during pregnancy and risk of neural tube defects among offspring

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 60-65

  Shaw, Gary M ^a,d   Todoroff, Karen ^a   Carmichael, Suzan L ^a   Schaffer, Donna M ^b   Selvin, Steve ^c  

^a March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Anencephaly; Birth defects; Body mass index; Congenital anomalies; Pregnancy; Spina bifida; Teratogens

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBOHYDRATE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; FAT; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE; MULTIVITAMIN; PROTEIN; ZINC;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; SOCIAL STATUS; SPINA BIFIDA; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0035093505     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.1.60     Document Type: Article

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