European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 132-136 , March 2001

Dietary factors and risk of spontaneous abortion

  • Elisabetta Di Cintio

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, Milano, Italy
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  • Fabio Parazzini

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, Milano, Italy
    • Prima Clinica Ostetrico Ginecologica, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, Via Eritrea, 62, 20157 Milano, Italy. Tel.: +39-02-390141; fax: +39-02-33200231
    • ,
  • Liliane Chatenoud

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, Milano, Italy
    • ,
  • Matteo Surace

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, Milano, Italy
    • ,
  • Guido Benzi

      Affiliations

    • Prima Clinica Ostetrico Ginecologica, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy
    • ,
  • Giovanni Zanconato

      Affiliations

    • Clinica Ostetrico Ginecologica, Università di Verona, Verona, Italy
    • ,
  • Carlo La Vecchia

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, Milano, Italy
    • Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy

Received 27 January 2000 ,Revised 16 March 2000 ,Accepted 14 April 2000.

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European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 132-136 , March 2001

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