Tea consumption during pregnancy and the risk of pre-eclampsia

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-126

  Wei, Shu Qin ^a,b   Xu, Hairong ^a   Xiong, Xu ^c   Luo, Zhong Cheng ^a   Audibert, Francois ^a   Fraser, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy; Tea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEA;

EID: 64049097290     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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