Gestational weight gain in low-income and middle-income countries: A modelling analysis using nationally representative data

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2020, Pages

  Wang, Dongqing ^a   Wang, Molin ^a   Darling, Anne Marie ^a   Perumal, Nandita ^a   Liu, Enju ^b   Danaei, Goodarz ^a   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; maternal health; public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 85096451719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003423     Document Type: Article

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