Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of upper respiratory tract infection in pregnant women

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 276-282

  Li, Lin ^a   Werler, Martha M ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruits; Pregnant women; Retrospective cohort; Upper respiratory tract infection; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449150580     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009990590     Document Type: Article

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