Prepregnant obesity and risks of selected Birth Defects in Offspring

Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 616-620

  Shaw, Gary M ^a,b   Carmichael, Suzan L ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPINA BIFIDA; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FETUS; INTERVIEW; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 49849100273     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181761fa3     Document Type: Article

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