Prevalence of maternal obesity in an urban center

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1189-1193

  Ehrenberg, Hugh M ^a,b   Dierker, LeRoy ^a   Milluzzi, Cynthia ^a   Mercer, Brian M ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Obesity; Pregnancy outcomes

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; OBESITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0036855042     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.127125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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