Characteristics of mothers who delivered the heaviest, average-weight, and lightest triplet sets

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-116

  Blickstein, Isaac ^a   Rhea, Debbie J ^b   Keith, Louis G ^c  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Matria Healthcare Inc   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Parity; Pregnancy outcome; Stature; Triplets; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIPLETS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 16444387326     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2005.021     Document Type: Article

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