Relations of cigarette smoking and dietary antioxidants with placental calcification

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-135

  Klesges, Lisa M ^a   Murray, David M ^b   Brown, Judith E ^b   Cliver, Suzanne P ^c   Goldenberg, Robert L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Calcification; Carotene; Diet; Physiologic; Placenta; Smoking; Tocophe rol; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CALCIFICATION; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

EID: 0032518959     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009424     Document Type: Article

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