Reference charts for weight gain and body mass index during pregnancy obtained from a healthy cohort

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-42

  Calvo, Elvira Beatriz ^a   López, Laura Beatriz ^b   Balmaceda, Yanina Del Valle ^c   Poy, Mabel Susana ^b   González, Carina ^a   Quintana, Lucía ^a   Cámera, Karen ^b   Barrientos, Ester ^a   Berlingueres, Silvina ^a   Garciarena, Silvia ^a  

^a National Ministry of Health   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c University of Córdoba   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body mass index; Pregnancy; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649118147     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050802464502     Document Type: Article

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