Fertility and Sterility
Volume 76, Issue 4 , Pages 723-729 , October 2001

Early follicular phase hormone levels in relation to patterns of alcohol, tobacco, and coffee use

  • Jennifer Lucero, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California at San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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  • Bernard L Harlow, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Ob-Gyn Epidemiology Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Robert L Barbieri, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Patrick Sluss, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Daniel W Cramer, M.D. (Sc.D.)

      Affiliations

    • Ob-Gyn Epidemiology Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Daniel W. Cramer, M.D., Ob-Gyn Epidemiology Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 221 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115 (FAX: 617-732-4899

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☆ Supported by grant no. RO1 MH50013-06 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and an award to Dr. Jennifer Lucero from the Program in Academic Medicine for Minority Students.

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Fertility and Sterility
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