Alcohol
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 47-53 , May 2005

Alcohol consumption and serum hormone levels during pregnancy

  • Richard G. Stevens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington, CT 06030, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-860-679-5475; fax: +1-860-679-5463.
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  • Richard D. Cohen

      Affiliations

    • Child Health and Development Studies, Center for Research on Women's and Children's Health, Public Health Institute, 1683 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
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  • Mary Beth Terry

      Affiliations

    • Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 600 West 168th St., New York, NY 10032, USA
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  • Bill L. Lasley

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Center for Health and the Environment, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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  • Pentti Siiteri

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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  • Barbara A. Cohn

      Affiliations

    • Child Health and Development Studies, Center for Research on Women's and Children's Health, Public Health Institute, 1683 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709, USA

Received 4 May 2005 ,Revised 28 June 2005 ,Accepted 18 July 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2005.07.006

Alcohol
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