Obesity at age 20 and the risk of miscarriages, irregular periods and reported problems of becoming pregnant: The Adventist Health Study-2

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 923-931

  Jacobsen, Bjarne K ^a   Knutsen, Synnøve F ^b   Oda, Keiji ^b   Fraser, Gary E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion, spontaneous; Fertility; Menstruation; Obesity; Seventh day adventist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNDERWEIGHT; AGE; CANADA; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROTESTANTISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875796056     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9749-8     Document Type: Article

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