Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 159-166 , May 2009

Predicting Pregnancy from Pregnancy Intentions: Prospective Findings from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS)

  • Cynthia H. Chuang, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Cynthia H. Chuang, MD, MSc, Division of General Internal Medicine, HU15, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033; Phone: 717-531-8161; Fax: 717-531-7726.
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  • Carol S. Weisman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Marianne M. Hillemeier, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
    • Department of Health Policy and Administration, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Fabian T. Camacho, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Anne-Marie Dyer, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania

Received 17 April 2008 ,Revised 23 January 2009 ,Accepted 2 February 2009.

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 The Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS) is funded, in part, under grant number 4100020719 by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The Pennsylvania Department of Health specifically disclaims responsibility for any analyses, interpretations or conclusions. Dr. Chuang is funded under grant K23HD051634 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

PII: S1049-3867(09)00019-X

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.02.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 159-166 , May 2009

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