An internet-based prospective study of body size and time-to-pregnancy.

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Published in Hum Reprod on October 14, 2009

Authors

Lauren A Wise1, Kenneth J Rothman, Ellen M Mikkelsen, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Anders Riis, Elizabeth E Hatch

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. lwise@bu.edu

Associated clinical trials:

A Follow-up of the Early Pregnancy Study Cohort. | NCT01132924

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