Caring for obese pregnant women

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 482-489

  Morin, Karen H ^a   Reilly, Lyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Obese; Overweight; Pregnancy; Stillborn

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548733633     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2007.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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