Association of maternal pre-pregnancy weight with birth defects: Evidence from a case-control study in Western Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-15

  Oddy, Wendy H ^a   De KLERK, Nicholas H ^a   Miller, Margaret ^a,b   Payne, Jan ^a   Bower, Carol ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Birth Defects Registry of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Maternal obesity; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH DEFECT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLEFT FACE; CLEFT LIP; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB REDUCTION DEFECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OBESITY; OROFACIAL CLEFT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; REGISTER; RISK;

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; REGISTRIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 66549097246     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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