Maternal body mass index and post-term birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 293-308

  Heslehurst, N ^a   Vieira, R ^a   Hayes, L ^a   Crowe, L ^a   Jones, D ^a   Robalino, S ^a   Slack, E ^a   Rankin, J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; gestational age; maternal; obesity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTMATURITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNDERWEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FACTUAL DATABASE; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, POSTMATURE; MOTHERS; NON-RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85011802304     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12489     Document Type: Review

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