Adolescent girls and their babies: Achieving optimal birthweight. Gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcome in terms of gestation at delivery and infant birth weight: A comparison between adolescents under 16 and adult women

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 163-171

  Buschman, N A ^a   Foster, G ^b   Vickers, P ^c  

^a Eastbank Health Promotion Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b The Scottish Office Department of Health   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Birthweight; Gestation; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0035292849     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2001.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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