Maternal obesity and congenital heart defects: a population-based study
Open Access
- 1 June 2010
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 91 (6) , 1543-1549
- https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2009.28865
Abstract
Background: Obesity affects almost one-third of pregnant women and causes many complications, including neural tube defects. It is not clear whetherKeywords
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