Exercise during pregnancy, maternal prepregnancy body mass index, and birth weight

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 115, Issue 2 PART 1, 2010, Pages 331-337

  Fleten, Caroline ^a   Stigum, Hein ^b   Magnus, Per ^b   Nystad, Wenche ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; EXERCISE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; NEWBORN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 76549129046     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181ca4414     Document Type: Article

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