Cesarean delivery and the long-term risk of offspring obesity

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1176-1183

  Mamun, Abdullah A ^a   Sutharsan, Ratneswary ^a   O'Callaghan, Michael ^a   Williams, Gail ^a   Najman, Jake ^a   McIntyre, Harold David ^a   Callaway, Leonie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SMOKING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; MATERNAL AGE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889264451     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000016     Document Type: Article

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