Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 233-240 , March 2010

Periconceptional Multivitamin Use and Infant Birth Weight Disparities

  • Heather H. Burris, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Heather H. Burris, MD, MPH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Neonatology–RO 318, 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215. Tel: (617) 667-3276; Fax: (617) 667-7040.
    • ,
  • Allen A. Mitchell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University
    • ,
  • Martha M. Werler, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University

Received 29 July 2009 ,Accepted 7 December 2009.

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PII: S1047-2797(09)00384-6

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.12.003

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 233-240 , March 2010

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