Maternal body mass index and the risk of fetal and infant death: A cohort study from the North of England

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1501-1511

  Tennant, P W G ^a   Rankin, J ^a,b   Bell, R ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Regional Maternity Survey Office   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

miscarriage; neonatal mortality; obesity; perinatal mortality; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MORTALITY; OBESITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79957464306     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der052     Document Type: Article

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