Ethnic-cultural background, maternal body size and pregnancy outcomes in a Diverse Swiss Cohort

Women and Health

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 25-40

  Quack Loetscher, Katharina C ^a   Selvin, Steve ^a   Zimmerman, Roland ^b   Abrams, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body mass index (BMI); Caesarean section; Epidemiology; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34548507711     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v45n02_02     Document Type: Article

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