American Heart Journal
Volume 159, Issue 2 , Pages 215-221.e6 , February 2010

Parity and risk of later-life maternal cardiovascular disease

  • Nisha I. Parikh, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division and Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Sven Cnattingius, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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  • Paul W. Dickman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Murray A. Mittleman, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division and Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Jonas F. Ludvigsson, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
    • Department of Pediatrics, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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  • Erik Ingelsson, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Erik Ingelsson, MD, PhD, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Box 281, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.

Received 18 September 2009 ,Accepted 18 November 2009.

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American Heart Journal
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