Physical activity in pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes

This study focused on the association between physical activity in the second trimester of pregnancy and adverse perinatal outcomes: low birth weight (LBW), preterm birth (PTB), and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). The study used a sample from the BRISA cohort, São Luís, Maranhão State, Brazi...

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Main Authors: Adriana Sousa Rêgo, Maria Teresa Seabra Soares de Britto e Alves, Rosângela Fernandes Lucena Batista, Cecília Claúdia Costa Ribeiro, Heloísa Bettiol, Viviane Cunha Cardoso, Marco Antonio Barbieri, Flávia Helen Furtado Loureiro, Antonio Augusto Moura da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2016001105003&lng=en&tlng=en