Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 304-307 , September 2010

Pregnancy: A Screening Test for Later Life Cardiovascular Disease

  • James M. Roberts, MD

      Affiliations

    • Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: James M. Roberts, MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Magee Womens Research Institute, 204 Craft Avenue A311B, Pittsburg, PA 15213. Phone: 412-641-1427; fax: 412-641-1503.
    • ,
  • Carl A. Hubel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Received 19 February 2010 ,Revised 19 May 2010 ,Accepted 20 May 2010.

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 Supported in part by National Institutes of Health grant P01HD030367.

PII: S1049-3867(10)00061-7

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.05.004

Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 304-307 , September 2010

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