Relation of caffeine intake and blood caffeine concentrations during pregnancy to fetal growth: Prospective population based study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7069, 1996, Pages 1358-1362

  Cook, Derek G ^a   Peacock, Janet L ^a   Feyerabend, Colin ^b   Carey, Iain M ^a   Jarvis, Martin J ^c   Anderson, H Ross ^a   Bland, J Martin ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b New Cross Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; COTININE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY HEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0029847578     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7069.1358     Document Type: Article

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