Acculturation and gestational weight gain in a predominantly puerto rican population

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tovar, Alison ^a   Chasan Taber, Lisa ^b   Bermudez, Odilia I ^c   Hyatt, Raymond R ^c   Must, Aviva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Gestational weight gain; Hispanic; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELIVERY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATERNAL STRESS; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869227864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-133     Document Type: Article

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