The prevalence and impact of overweight and obesity in an Australian obstetrics population

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 56-59

  Callaway, Leonie K ^a,d   Prins, Johannes B ^a,c   Chang, Allan M ^b   McIntyre, H David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH DEFECT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH RISK INFANT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNITY WARD; MORBID OBESITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PREVALENCE; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 31744449109     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00115.x     Document Type: Article

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