Prepregnancy obesity and birth defects: What's next?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1539-1540

  Rasmussen, Sonja A ^a   Galuska, Deborah A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

BIRTH DEFECT; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77953033375     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29666     Document Type: Editorial

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