Excess gestational weight gain amplifies risks among obese mothers

Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-83

  Oken, Emily ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INJURY; DISEASE CONTROL; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MACROSOMIA; NOTE; OBESITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 66149182826     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181880ef5     Document Type: Note

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