Prepregnancy obesity and fetal death: A study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 250-259

  Nohr, Ellen Aagaard ^a   Bech, Bodil Hammer ^b   Davies, Michael John ^b   Frydenberg, Morten ^b   Henriken, Tine Brink ^b   Olsen, Jorn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 22544444909     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000172422.81496.57     Document Type: Article

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