Routine weighing of women during pregnancy - Is it time to change current practice?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 871-874

  Allen Walker, V ^a   Woodside, J ^a   Holmes, V ^a   Young, I ^a   Cupples, M E ^a   Hunter, A ^b   McKinley, M C ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; BODY WEIGHT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT GAIN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MIDWIFE; OBESITY; OBSTETRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; OBESITY; OBSTETRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84936817035     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13511     Document Type: Note

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