Pre-pregnancy body mass index, maternal weight gain during pregnancy and risk of small-for-gestational age birth: Results from a casecontrol study in Italy

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 501-505

  Ricci, Elena ^a   Parazzini, Fabio ^a,b   Chiaffarino, Francesca ^a   Cipriani, Sonia ^b   Polverino, Gianpiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Case control study; Gestational weight gain; Pregnancy; Small for gestational age birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; ITALY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952539205     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903216025     Document Type: Article

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