Body size and time-to-pregnancy in black women

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2856-2864

  Wise, Lauren A ^a   Palmer, Julie R ^a   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; body mass index; cohort study; fertility; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; PARITY; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; TIME TO PREGNANCY; VALIDATION STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDY; FERTILITY; OBESITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME-TO-PREGNANCY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84885159887     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det333     Document Type: Article

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