Maternal predictors of birthweight: The importance of weight gain during pregnancy

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-252

  Johansson, Kari ^a   Linné, Yvonne ^a   Rössner, Stephan ^a   Neovius, Martin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Pre pregnancy BMI; Predictors; Pregnancy; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 36248948515     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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