Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 592-598 , August 2010

Maternal Body Composition, Smoking, and Hyperemesis Gravidarum

  • Åse Vikanes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Åse Vikanes, MD, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Post Office Box 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway. Tel.: +47-21-07-83-28; Fax: +47-21-07-82-52.
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  • Andrej M. Grjibovski, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    • Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
    • International School of Public Health, Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, Russia
  • ,
  • Siri Vangen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    • National Resource Centre for Women's Health, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
  • ,
  • Nina Gunnes, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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  • Sven O. Samuelsen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  • Per Magnus, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Received 27 January 2010 ,Accepted 14 May 2010.

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 MoBa is supported by The Norwegian Ministry of Health; The Norwegian Research Council (151918/S10 and 166145/V50); National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (N01 - ES – 85433); National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (1 UO1 NS 047537); and the 6th Research Framework of the European Union (EARNEST).

PII: S1047-2797(10)00120-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.05.009

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 592-598 , August 2010