Antioxidant Vitamins, Long-Chain Fatty Acids, and Spontaneous Preterm Birth

Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 707-713

  Kramer, Michael S ^a   Kahn, Susan R ^a   Platt, Robert W ^b   Genest, Jacques ^b   Rozen, Rima ^b   Chen, Moy Fong ^b   Goulet, Lise ^c   Séguin, Louise ^c   Dassa, Clément ^c   Lydon, John ^c   McNamara, Helen ^d   Dahhou, Mourad ^d   Lamoureux, Julie ^d   Evans, Rhobert W ^d  

^a From the Departments of a Pediatrics   (United States)

^b Cardiology HeartCare Midwest   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FATTY ACID; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349093773     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181a818c5     Document Type: Article

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