Maternal obesity and infant mortality: A meta-analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 863-871

  Meehan, Sean ^a   Beck, Charles R ^a   Mair Jenkins, John ^b   Leonardi Bee, Jo ^a   Puleston, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; Death; Infant; Maternal; Mortality; Obesity; Overweight; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL OBESITY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CHILD DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELIVERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; MATERNAL CARE; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSALITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT DEATH; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PERINATAL DEATH; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 84899798630     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1480     Document Type: Article

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