Cohort study: Maternal obesity during pregnancy is associated with adult offspring cardiovascular morbidity and mortality but may represent confounding by other factors

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 111-

  Al Mamun, Abdullah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MATERNAL OBESITY; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84901927901     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/eb-2013-101564     Document Type: Note

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