Body mass index-specific weight gains associated with optimal birth weights in twin pregnancies

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 217-224

  Luke, Barbara ^a   Hediger, Mary L ^b   Nugent, Clark ^b   Newman, Roger B ^b   Mauldin, Jill G ^b   Witter, Frank R ^b   O'Sullivan, Mary Jo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body mass index; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT COUNSELING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REFERENCE VALUES; TWINS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0037398426     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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