Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain, and infant birth weight: A within-family analysis in the United States

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Yan, Ji ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Gestational weight gain; High birth weight; Low birth weight; Pre pregnancy BMI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; BODY WEIGHT; FAMILY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84937390663     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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