The bias in current measures of gestational weight gain

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-116

  Hutcheon, Jennifer A ^a   Bodnar, Lisa M ^c,d   Joseph, K S ^a   Abrams, Barbara ^e   Simhan, Hyagriv N ^c   Platt, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bias; material weight gain; preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857238554     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2011.01254.x     Document Type: Article

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