Association between prepregnancy maternal body mass index and the risk of having an infant with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-76

  Waller, D Kim ^a   Tita, Alan T N ^a   Werler, Martha M ^b   Mitchell, Allen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONCEPTION; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG USE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNDERWEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR;

BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0038809873     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.10003     Document Type: Article

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