Transgenerational metabolic determinants of fetal birth weight

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 431-435

  Agius, R ^a   Savona Ventura, C ^a   Vassallo, J ^a  

^a MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

body mass index; fetal birth weight; metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL OBESITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84880080107     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1345121     Document Type: Article

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