The increasing impact of maternal obesity on obstetric practice

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 409-411

  Dickinson, Jan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL OBESITY; NEW ZEALAND; PERINATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84867464867     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12006     Document Type: Editorial

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