Gestational weight gain according to number of fetuses in Japanese women

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 523-528

  Morikawa, Mamoru ^a   Yamada, Takahiro ^a   Akaishi, Rina ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a   Nishida, Ryutaro ^a   Sato, Shoji ^b   Kaneuchi, Masanori ^a   Minakami, Hisanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OITA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Gestational weight gain; Triplet; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; JAPAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TWINS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; JAPAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREGNANCY, TRIPLET; PREGNANCY, TWIN; TRIPLETS; TWINS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84904206246     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2013-0211     Document Type: Article

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