Pregestational excess weight, maternal obstetric complications and mode of delivery in the Rhea cohort in Crete

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 632-637

  Vassilaki, Maria ^a,b   Chatzi, Leda ^a   Georgiou, Vaggelis ^a   Philalithis, Anastas ^a   Kritsotakis, Giorgos ^c   Koutis, Antonis ^a   Kogevinas, Manolis ^d,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^g NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CESAREAN SECTION; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84939615621     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku246     Document Type: Article

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