Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 11, Issue 7 , Pages 497-503 , October 2001

A Case-Control Study of Maternal Alcohol Consumption and Intrauterine Growth Retardation

  • Quanhe Yang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Quanhe Yang, the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, MS F-45, Atlanta, GA 30341
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  • Bernadette B Witkiewicz, MS

      Affiliations

    • Monroe County Department of Health, Rochester, NY USA
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  • Richard S Olney, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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  • Yecai Liu, MS

      Affiliations

    • National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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  • Margarett Davis, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Global AIDS Program, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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  • Muin J Khoury, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Office of Genetics and Disease Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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  • Adolfo Correa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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  • J.David Erickson, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA

Received 20 November 2000 ,Revised 21 March 2001 ,Accepted 28 March 2001.

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Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 11, Issue 7 , Pages 497-503 , October 2001

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