A profile of body mass index in a large rural victorian obstetric cohort

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-42

  Cunningham, Chris E ^a   Teale, Glyn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; OBSTETRICS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; UNDERWEIGHT; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 84874593034     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.11033     Document Type: Article

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