The effect of intermittent maternal fasting on human fetal breathing movements

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 635-637

  Mirghani, Hisham M ^a   Weerasinghe, S D ^a   Smith, J R ^a   Ezimokhai, M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BREATHING; FETUS MOVEMENT; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FASTING; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; ISLAM; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 10644241703     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610400007844     Document Type: Article

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