Modulators of length of gestation: A study in Greece

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-165

  Petridou, Eleni ^a,b   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^b   Tong, Donald ^b   Revinthi, Katharine ^a   Tsitsika, Artemis ^a   Papathoma, Eugenia ^c   Aravantinos, Dionysios ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coffee drinking; Gestational length; Maternal age; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005447850     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/6.3.159     Document Type: Article

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