Paternal Smoking and Pregnancy Loss: A Prospective Study Using a Biomarker of Pregnancy

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 993-1001

  Venners, Scott A ^a   Wang, Xiaobin ^b   Chen, Changzhong ^a   Wang, Lihua ^c   Chen, Dafang ^c,d   Guang, Wenwei ^d   Huang, Aiqun ^d   Ryan, Louise ^a   O'Connor, John ^e   Lasley, Bill ^f   Overstreet, James ^f   Wilcox, Allen ^g   Xu, Xiping ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Biological markers; Chorionic gonadotropin; Embryo loss; Maternal exposure; Prospective studies; Smoking; Spontaneous; Tobacco smoke pollution

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; EMBRYO DEATH; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PASSIVE SMOKING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATHERS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 2342559070     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh128     Document Type: Article

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