American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 6 , Pages 563.e1-563.e9 , December 2009

Do multivitamin supplements modify the relationship between prenatal alcohol intake and miscarriage?

Presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society, Monterey, CA, June 28-July 2, 2008, and the Annual Conference of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology Research, Chicago, IL, June 23-24, 2008.

  • Lyndsay Ammon Avalos, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
    • Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA
    • ,
  • Lee Ann Kaskutas, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
    • Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA
    • ,
  • Gladys Block, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
    • ,
  • De-Kun Li, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

Received 3 February 2009 ,Revised 19 May 2009 ,Accepted 20 July 2009.

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 Reprints not available from the authors.

 This article was a chapter of a dissertation (L.A.A.) supported by NIAAA training Grant T32-AA007240-29.

 Cite this article as: Ammon Avalos L, Kaskutas LA, Block G, et al. Do multivitamin supplements modify the relationship between prenatal alcohol intake and miscarriage? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:563.e1-9.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00845-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.07.059

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 6 , Pages 563.e1-563.e9 , December 2009

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