A weight gain chart for pregnant women designed in Chile

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-90

  Mardones, Francisco ^a   Rosso, Pedro ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chart; Pregnancy; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GESTATION PERIOD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 28244479407     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2005.00013.x     Document Type: Article

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