Maternal use of oral contraceptives and risk of fetal death

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 334-340

  Jellesen, Rikke ^b   Strandberg Larsen, Katrine ^b   Jørgensen, Tina ^b   Olsen, Jørn ^d   Thulstrup, Ane M ^c   Andersen, Anne Marie N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Danish National Birth Cohort; Fetal death; Miscarriage; Prenatal oral contraceptives

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 45249111974     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2008.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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