The association between pregnancy weight gain and birthweight: a within-family comparison

David S Ludwig; Janet Currie

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journal article Sep 01, 2010

The association between pregnancy weight gain and birthweight: a within-family comparison

David S Ludwig Janet Currie

The Lancet Vol. 376 No. 9745 pp. 984-990 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Sep 01, 2010
Vol/Issue: 376(9745)
Pages: 984-990
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Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; Director of the Program on Children, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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David S Ludwig, Janet Currie (2010). The association between pregnancy weight gain and birthweight: a within-family comparison. The Lancet, 376(9745), 984-990. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(10)60751-9

The association between pregnancy weight gain and birthweight: a within-family comparison

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