Gestational weight gain and birthweight

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Turner, M J ^a   Farah, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DELIVERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE FERTILITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; KETOACIDOSIS; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREPREGNANCY CARE; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; PREGNANCY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79959787419     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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