Weight in Pregnancy and Its Implications: What Women Report

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-234

  Gaudet, Laura M ^a   Gruslin, Andrée ^a,b   Magee, Laura A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BMI; Body mass index; Obesity; Patient knowledge; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL OBESITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIPARA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; WEIGHT CHANGE; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; OBESITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79961227918     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34823-X     Document Type: Article

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