Exercise and pregnancy outcome among urban, low-income, black women

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 933-937

  Orr, Suezanne T ^a   James, Sherman A ^b   Garry, Joseph ^a   Prince, Cheryl B ^c   Newton, Edward R ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Low birth weight; Pregnancy; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BALTIMORE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 36048935067     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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