Sports and leisure-time physical activity in pregnancy and birth weight: A population-based study

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hegaard, H K ^a,b   Petersson, K ^a   Hedegaard, M ^b   Ottesen, B ^b   Dykes, A K ^a   Henriksen, T B ^c   Damm, P ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

And birth weight; Leisure time physical activity; Pregnancy; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWIMMING; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; DENMARK; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPORTS; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649084517     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.00918.x     Document Type: Article

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