The effect of glucose levels on fetal birth weight: A study of Chinese gravidas in Tianjin, China

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-41

  Yang, Xilin ^a,b,e   Zhang, Hong ^c   Dong, Ling ^c   Yu, Shuyun ^d   Guo, Zeyu ^d   Hsu Hage, Bridget H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center   (China)

^d Tianjin Public Health Bureau   (China)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Chinese; GDM; Glucose level; Macrosomia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHINA; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 1542618217     PISSN: 10568727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1056-8727(03)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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