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Friedman EA, Neff RK. 1977. Pregnancy hypertension: A systematic evaluation of clinical diagnostic criteria. Littleton, MA: PSG Publishing, 258 pp.

Annotation: This book is a major report from the Collaborative Perinatal Project (CPP) of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke. It reports on an extensive analysis of data related to pregnancy hypertension, which evaluated the effect of toxemia of pregnancy and its clinical variants on the fetus and on the surviving neonate.

Keywords: Child development, Hypertension, Pregnancy complications, Pregnancy toxemias

National Research Council, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Maternal Nutrition. 1970. Annotated bibliography on maternal nutrition. Washington, DC: Maternal and Child Health Service, U.S. Health Services and Mental Health Administration; for sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 199 pp.

Annotation: This bibliography is intended for physicians, nutritionists, and others concerned with applying the research findings reported in the literature on maternal nutrition. Only materials published in English are included. Materials that appeared in popular magazines have not been included. The bibliography is divided into the following sections: (1) general references and (2) references on specific topics. The specific topics covered include (1) adolescence, (2) birthweight, (3) diabetes, (4) diet, (5) folic acid, (6) iron status, (7) nutritional deficiencies, (8) physiological adjustments, (9) the role of the placenta, (10) pregravid weight and weight gain, (11) social, economic, and other variables that affect pregnancy, and (12) the toxemias.

Keywords: Adolescence, Bibliographies, Diabetes, Diet, Economic factors, Folic acid, Iron, Maternal nutrition, Nutritional status, Nutritionists, Physicians, Placenta, Pregnancy, Pregnancy toxemias, Weight gain
   

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