Exercise during pregnancy and cesarean delivery: North Carolina PRAMS, 2004-2005

Birth

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 200-207

  Bovbjerg, Marit L ^a,b   Siega Riz, Anna Maria ^b  

^a Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean; Exercise; Labor outcome; Physical activity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 70049110164     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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