Obesity and pregnancy outcome in a private tertiary hospital in India

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-83

  Joshi, Smita ^a   Unni, Jyothi ^a   Vijay, Shalini ^a   Khanijo, Vandana ^a   Gupte, Nikhil ^b   Divate, Uma ^a  

^a JEHANGIR HOSPITAL   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Indian population; Obesity; Pregnancy; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FEVER; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR INDUCTION; LACTATION DISORDER; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79957640137     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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