Maternal morbid obesity and obstetric outcomes

Obesity Facts

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 352-354

  Farah, Nadine ^a   Maher, Niamh ^a   Barry, Sinead ^a   Kennelly, Mairead ^a   Stuart, Bernard ^a   Turner, Michael J ^a  

^a Pathology Research Laboratory   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Morbid obesity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MORBID OBESITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBESITY, MORBID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 76749102820     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000261951     Document Type: Article

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