Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 11, Issue 7 , Pages 491-496 , October 2001

Association of DDT with Spontaneous Abortion: A Case-Control Study

  • Susan A Korrick, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
    • Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Susan Korrick, MD, MPH, Channing Laboratory, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
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  • Changzhong Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
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  • Andrew I Damokosh, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
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  • Jiatong Ni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Anhui Institute of Biomedicine and Environmental Health, Anqing, Anhui, China
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  • Xue Liu, BS

      Affiliations

    • Anhui Institute of Biomedicine and Environmental Health, Anqing, Anhui, China
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  • Sung-Il Cho, MD, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
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  • Larisa Altshul, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
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  • Louise Ryan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, and the Department of Biostatistical Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA USA
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  • Xiping Xu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
    • Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA

Received 17 November 2000 ,Revised 28 February 2001 ,Accepted 19 March 2001.

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Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 11, Issue 7 , Pages 491-496 , October 2001

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