Low maternal weight, failure to thrive in pregnancy, and adverse pregnancy outcomes

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1726-1730

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

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal weight; Perinatal outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW MATERNAL WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; PERINEUM INJURY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT T TEST; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0346727262     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(03)00860-3     Document Type: Article

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