Association between regular exercise and excessive newborn birth weight

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 770-776

  Owe, Katrine Mari ^a,b   Nystad, Wenche ^a,b   Bø, Kari ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MOTHER; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN; NORWAY; NULLIPARA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349671016     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181b6c105     Document Type: Article

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