Maternal obesity and heart disease in the offspring

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7921, 2013, Pages

  Factor Litvak, Pam ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL OBESITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUERPERIUM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84882949911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f4960     Document Type: Editorial

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