Overweight and obesity in mothers and risk of preterm birth and low birth weight infants: Systematic review and meta-analyses

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7765, 2010, Pages 187-

  McDonald, Sarah D ^a   Han, Zhen ^b   Mulla, Sohail ^a   Beyene, Joseph ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EMBASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; MEDLINE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 77955116613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c3428     Document Type: Review

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