Maternal body mass index and lifestyle exposures and the risk of bilateral renal agenesis or hypoplasia

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1259-1267

  Slickers, Jennifer E ^a,b   Olshan, Andrew F ^b   Siega Riz, Anna Maria ^b   Honein, Margaret A ^c   Aylsworth, Arthur S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Body mass index; Caffeine; Case control studies; Congenital abnormalities; Kidney; Pregnancy; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; FOLIC ACID;

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; DRINKING; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; MATERNAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREGNANCY; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BILATERAL RENAL AGENESIS; BIRTH DEFECT; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY HYPOPLASIA; LIFESTYLE; MATERNAL SMOKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COFFEE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; LIFE STYLE; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57149120975     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn248     Document Type: Article

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