Carol S Weisman's Information
POSITION TITLE: Distinguished Professor of Public Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology; Chief, Division of Health Services Research, Department of Public Health Sciences; Director, Central Pennsylvania Center of Excellence for Research on Pregnancy Outcomes
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Women's health care and policy.
RESEARCH AREAS:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives Linking Individual, Family, and Population Health over Time
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
2003-Present Professor, Departments of Public Health Sciences and Obstetrics & Gynecology
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
1997 Fellow of the Association for Health Services Research
1997 National Award for Excellence in Women's Health Research, National Association of Professionals in Women's Health
2005 McDevitt Excellence in Research Award, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (for Jacobson et al., Health Services Research, 2005)
Editor, Women's Health Issues
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Anderson, R.T.
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A.M. Barbara
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C.S. Weisman
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S.H. Scholle
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J. Binko
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T. Schneider
,
K. Freund
and
V. Gwinner
(2001).
"A Qualitative Analysis of Women's Satisfaction with Primary Care from a Panel of Focus Groups in the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health."
Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine 10(7):637-647.
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Henderson, J.T.
and
C.S. Weisman
(2001).
"Physician Gender Effects on Preventive Screening and Counseling: An Analysis of Male and Female Patients' Health Care Experiences."
Medical Care 39(12):1281-1292.
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Khoury, A.J.
,
C.S. Weisman
and
C.M. Jarjoura
(2001).
"Ownership Type and Community Benefits of Women's Health Centers."
Medical Care Research and Review 58(1):76-99.
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Weisman, C.S.
and
J.T. Henderson
(2001).
"Managed Care and Women's Health: Access, Preventive Services, and Satisfaction."
Women's Health Issues 11(3):201-215.
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Weisman, C.S.
,
H.A. Grason
and
D.S. Strobino
(2001).
"Quality Management in Public and Community Health: Examples from Women's Health."
Quality Management in Health Care 10(1):54-64.
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Weisman, C.S.
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J.T. Henderson
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E. Schifrin
,
M. Romans
and
C.M. Clancy
(2001).
"Gender and Patient Satisfaction in Managed Care Plans: Analysis of the 1999 HEDIS/CAHPSTM 2.0H Adult Survey."
Women's Health Issues 11(5):401-415.
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Anderson, R.T.
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C.S. Weisman
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S.H. Scholle
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J.T. Henderson
,
R. Oldendick
and
F.T. Camacho
(2002).
"Evaluation of the Quality of Care in the Clinical Care Centers of the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health."
Women's Health Issues 12(6):309-326.
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Henderson, J.T.
,
C.S. Weisman
and
H.A. Grason
(2002).
"Are Two Doctors Better Than One? Women's Physician Use and Appropriate Care."
Women's Health Issues 12(3):138-149.
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Johnson, T.R.
and
C.S. Weisman
(2002).
"In Support of Shorter Hospital Stays for Selected High-Risk Obstetric Patients."
International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 78(2):105-106.
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Khoury, A.J.
and
C.S. Weisman
(2002).
"Thinking About Women's Health: The Case for Gender Sensitivity."
Women's Health Issues 12(2):61-65.
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McKinley, E.D.
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J.W. Thompson
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J. Briefer-French
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L.S. Wilcox
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C.S. Weisman
and
W.C. Andrews
(2002).
"Performance Indicators in Women's Health: Incorporating Women's Health in the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS)."
Women's Health Issues 12(1):46-58.
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Weisman, C.S.
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D.S. Maccannon
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J.T. Henderson
,
E. Shortridge
and
C.L. Orso
(2002).
"Contraceptive Counseling in Managed Care: Preventing Unintended Pregnancy in Adults."
Women's Health Issues 12(2):79-95.
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Hayes, S.N.
,
C.S. Weisman
and
A. Clark
(2003).
"The Jacobs Institute of Women's Health Report on the Prevention of Heart Disease in Women: Findings and Recommendations from the 'Women and Heart Disease: Putting Prevention into Primary Care' Conference."
Women's Health Issues 13(4):115-121.
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Lantz, P.M.
,
C.S. Weisman
and
Z. Itani
(2003).
"A Disease-Specific Medicaid Expansion for Women: The Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000."
Women's Health Issues 13(3):79-92.
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Henderson, J.T.
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S.H. Scholle
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C.S. Weisman
and
R.T. Anderson
(2004).
"The Role of Physician Gender in the Evaluation of the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health: Test of an Alternate Hypothesis."
Women's Health Issues 14(4):130-139.
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Scholle, S.H.
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C.S. Weisman
,
R.T. Anderson
and
F.T. Camacho
(2004).
"The Development and Validation of the Primary Care Satisfaction Survey for Women (PCSSW)."
Women's Health Issues 14(2):35-50.
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Chuang, C.H.
,
G.A. Chase
,
D.M. Bensyl
and
C.S. Weisman
(2005).
"Contraceptive Use by Diabetic and Obese Women."
Women's Health Issues 15(4):167-173.
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Dalton, V.K.
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P.D. Jacobson
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J. Berson-Grand
and
C.S. Weisman
(2005).
"Threats to Family Planning Services in Michigan: Organizational Responses to Economic and Political Challenges."
Women's Health Issues 15(3):117-125.
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Dziak, K.
,
R.T. Anderson
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M.A. Sevick
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C.S. Weisman
,
D.W. Levine
and
S.H. Scholle
(2005).
"Variations Among Institutional Review Board Reviews in a Multi-Site Health Services Research Study."
Health Services Research 40(1):279-290.
PMCID: PMC1361137??
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Henderson, J.T.
and
C.S. Weisman
(2005).
"Women's Patterns of Provider Use Across the Lifespan and Satisfaction with Primary Care Coordination and Comprehensiveness."
Medical Care 43(8):826-833.
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Hillemeier, M.M.
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C.S. Weisman
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K. Baker
and
K.S. Primavera
(2005).
"Mental Health Services Provided through the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health: Do They Reach Rural Women?."
Women's Health Issues 15(5):224-229.
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Hillemeier, M.M.
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C.S. Weisman
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G.A. Chase
and
M. Romer
(2005).
"Preterm and Low Birthweight Outcomes among Rural Women: The Importance of Preconceptional Physical and Mental Health Status." In
Coward, R.T.
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L.A. Davis
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C.H. Gold
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H. Smiciklas-Wright
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L.E. Thorndyke
and
F.W. Vondracek
(Eds.)
, Rural Women's Health: Mental, Behavioral, and Physical Issues.
New York:
Springer Publishing.
Jacobson, P.D.
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V.K. Dalton
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J. Berson-Grand
and
C.S. Weisman
(2005).
"Survival Strategies for Michigan's Health Care Safety Net Providers."
Health Services Research 40(3):923-940.
PMCID: PMC1361175??
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Hollenbeak, C.S.
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C.S. Weisman
,
M. Rossi
and
S.M. Ettinger
(2006).
"Gender Disparities in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Pennsylvania."
Medical Care 44(1):24-30.
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Weisman, C.S.
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M.M. Hillemeier
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G.A. Chase
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A. Dyer
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S.A. Baker
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M.F. Feinberg
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D. Symons Downs
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R.L. Parrott
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H.K. Cecil
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J.J. Botti
,
C. MacNeill
,
C.H. Chuang
and
B.A. Yost
(2006).
"Preconceptional Health: Risks of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes by Reproductive Life Stage in the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS)."
Women's Health Issues 16(4):216-224.
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Anderson, R.T.
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C.S. Weisman
,
F.T. Camacho
,
S.H. Scholle
,
J.T. Henderson
and
D.F. Farmer
(2007).
"Women's Satisfaction with Their On-Going Primary Health Care Services: A Consideration of Visit-Specific and Period Assessments."
Health Services Research 42(2):663-681.
PMCID: PMC1955356??
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Bean-Mayberry, B.
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E.M. Yano
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N. Bayliss
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J. Navratil
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C.S. Weisman
and
S.H. Scholle
(2007).
"Federally Funded Comprehensive Women's Health Centers: Leading Innovation in Women's Healthcare Delivery."
Journal of Women's Health 16(9):1281-1290.
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Chou, A.F.
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L. Wong
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C.S. Weisman
,
S. Chan
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A. Bierman
,
R. Correa-de-Araujo
,
S.H. Scholle
(2007).
"Gender Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Care Among Commercial and Medicare Managed Care Plans."
Women's Health Issues 17(3):139-149.
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Chou, A.F.
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S.H. Scholle
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C.S. Weisman
,
A. Bierman
,
R. Correa-de-Araujo
and
L. Mosca
(2007).
"Gender Disparities in the Quality of Cardiovascular Disease Care in Private Managed Care Plans."
Women's Health Issues 17(3):120-130.
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Hillemeier, M.M.
,
C.S. Weisman
,
G.A. Chase
and
A. Dyer
(2007).
"Individual and Community Predictors of Preterm Birth and Low Birthweight Along the Rural-Urban Continuum in Central Pennsylvania."
Journal of Rural Health 23(1):42-48.
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Miller, K.
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B.A. Yost
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S. Flaherty
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M.M. Hillemeier
,
G.A. Chase
,
C.S. Weisman
and
A. Dyer
(2007).
"Health Status, Health Conditions, and Health Behaviors among Amish Women: Results from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS)."
Women's Health Issues 17(3):162-171.
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Weisman, C.S.
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D.M. Grimley
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L. Annang
,
M.M. Hillemeier
,
G.A. Chase
and
A. Dyer
(2007).
"Vaginal Douching and Intimate Partner Violence: Is There an Association?."
Women's Health Issues 17(5):310-315.
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Chuang, C.H.
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M.J. Green
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G.A. Chase
,
A. Dyer
,
S.H. Ural
and
C.S. Weisman
(2008).
"Perceived Risk of Preterm and Low-Birthweight Birth in the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study."
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 199(1):64.e61-64.e67.
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Downs, D.S.
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M.F. Feinberg
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M.M. Hillemeier
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C.S. Weisman
,
G.A. Chase
,
C.H. Chuang
,
R.L. Parrott
and
L.A. Francis
(2008).
"Design of the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS) Strong Healthy Women Intervention: Improving Preconceptional Health."
Maternal and Child Health Journal 13(1):18-28.
PMCID: PMC2696480??
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Hillemeier, M.M.
,
C.S. Weisman
,
G.A. Chase
and
A. Dyer
(2008).
"Mental Health Status among Rural Women of Reproductive Age: Findings from The Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS)."
American Journal of Public Health 98(7):1271-1279.
PMCID: PMC2424076??
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Hillemeier, M.M.
,
C.S. Weisman
,
G.A. Chase
,
A. Dyer
and
M.L. Shaffer
(2008).
"Women's Preconceptional Health and Use of Health Services: Implications for Preconception Care."
Health Services Research 43(1p1):54-75.
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Hillemeier, M.M.
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D.S. Downs
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M.F. Feinberg
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C.S. Weisman
,
C.H. Chuang
,
R.L. Parrott
,
D.L. Velott
,
L.A. Francis
,
S.A. Baker
,
A. Dyer
and
V.M. Chinchilli
(2008).
"Improving Women's Preconceptional Health: Findings from a Randomized Trial of the Strong Healthy Women Intervention in the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study."
Women's Health Issues 18(6):S87-S96.
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Velott, D.L.
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S.A. Baker
,
M.M. Hillemeier
and
C.S. Weisman
(2008).
"Participant Recruitment to a Randomized Trial of a Community-Based Behavioral Intervention for Pre- and Interconceptional Women: Findings from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study."
Women's Health Issues 18(3):217-224.
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Weisman, C.S.
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M.M. Hillemeier
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G.A. Chase
,
D.P. Misra
,
C.H. Chuang
,
R.L. Parrott
and
A. Dyer
(2008).
"Women's Perceived Control of their Birth Outcomes in the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study: Implications for the Use of Preconception Care."
Women's Health Issues 18(1):17-25.
PMCID: PMC2696461??
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Chuang, C.H.
,
C.S. Weisman
,
M.M. Hillemeier
,
F.T. Camacho
and
A. Dyer
(2009).
"Predicting Pregnancy from Pregnancy Intentions: Prospective Findings from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS)."
Women's Health Issues 19(3):159-166.
PMCID: PMC2696481??
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Parrott, R.L.
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J.E. Volkman
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M.M. Hillemeier
,
C.S. Weisman
,
G.A. Chase
and
A. Dyer
(2009).
"Pregnancy Intentions and Folic Acid Supplementation Exemplars: Findings from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study."
Journal of Health Communication 14(4):366-383.
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Chuang, C.H.
,
C.S. Weisman
,
M.M. Hillemeier
,
E.B. Schwarz
,
F.T. Camacho
and
A. Dyer
(In Press).
"Pregnancy Intention and Health Behaviors: Results from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS) Cohort."
Maternal and Child Health Journal.
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Weisman, C.S.
,
D.P. Misra
,
M.M. Hillemeier
,
D.S. Downs
,
C.H. Chuang
,
F.T. Camacho
and
A. Dyer
(In Press).
"Preconception Predictors of Birth Outcomes: Prospective Findings from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study."
Maternal and Child Health Journal.
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