Variation in Excessive Fetal Growth across Levels of Prenatal Care among Women with Gestational Diabetes

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 225-228

  Hale, Nathan L ^a   Probst, Janice C ^a   Liu, Jihong ^a   Bennett, Kevin J ^b   Martin, Amy Brock ^a   Glover, Saundra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

gestational diabetes; large for gestational age; macrosomia; prenatal care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990338780     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131911410062     Document Type: Article

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