Gestational weight gain: Now and the future

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1339-1340

  Gillman, Matthew W ^a  

^a HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MATERNAL DISEASE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT CHILDREN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84858690258     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.091751     Document Type: Editorial

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