Maternal Obesity Increases Congenital Malformations
- 27 April 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nutrition Reviews
- Vol. 54 (5) , 146-150
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-4887.1996.tb03917.x
Abstract
There has been growing evidence that maternal obesity is associated with an increased risk of congenital malformations, particularly of neural tube dKeywords
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