Self-reported vitamin supplementation in early pregnancy and risk of miscarriage

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1312-1318

  Hasan, Reem ^a   Olshan, Andrew F ^a,b   Herring, Amy H ^a,b   Savitz, David A ^c   Siega Riz, Anna Maria ^a,b   Hartmann, Katherine E ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion, spontaneous; Pregnancy trimester, first; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; VITAMIN;

ABORTION; DRUG USER; HEALTH RISK; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL SMOKING; MODEL; PREGNANCY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VITAMINS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66249134612     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp050     Document Type: Article

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