Impact of a Mother's Weight History on Her Offspring

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-38

  Dubé, Marie Christine ^a   Morisset, Anne Sophie ^a   Tchernof, André ^a   John Weisnagel, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes mellitus; Maternal weight history; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT WEIGHT; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MATERNAL WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN LENGTH; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; TREND STUDY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; BLOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868660383     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)35131-3     Document Type: Article

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