Obesity and pregnancy;Obesidade e gravidez

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetricia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Mattar, Rosiane ^a   Torloni, Maria Regina ^a,b   Betrán, Ana Pilar ^c   Merialdi, Mario ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c Unidade de Saúde Materna e Perinatal   (Switzerland)

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EID: 67749097527     PISSN: 01007203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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