A comparison of maternal and paternal body mass index in early pregnancy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-150

  Kelly, Ross ^a   Farah, Nadine ^a   O'Connor, Norah ^a   Kennelly, Mairead ^a   Stuart, Bernard ^a   Turner, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

body composition; body mass index; maternal obesity; paternal obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXERCISE; FATHER; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST;

EID: 79953773556     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01257.x     Document Type: Article

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