Decreasing full-term neonatal birthweight over the past 2 decades in a single institute in Japan

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1173-1178

  Orita, Yuji ^a   Tajima, Masaki ^a   Hiwatashi, Sayuri ^a   Terao, Sayori ^a   Iwamoto, Ichiro ^a   Oki, Toshimichi ^a   Douchi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Gestational age; Maternal slenderness; Past 2 decades; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880300803     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.12038     Document Type: Article

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