From the United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund/World Health Organization/World Bank Special Program of Research, Development, and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales, Rosario, Argentina; Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; National Guard King Khalid Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Hospital Gineco-Obstétrico “América Arias,” Havana, Cuba; Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Received November 21, 2003. Received in revised form March 4, 2004. Accepted March 18, 2004.
* For a list of members of the World Health Organization Antenatal Care Trial Research Group, see the Appendix.
Supported by the United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund/World Health Organization/World Bank Special Program of Research, Development, and Research Training in Human Reproduction of World Health Organization. Additional support was provided by the Municipal Government, City of Rosario, Argentina; Ministry of Health, Cuba; National Institute of Public Health, Mexico; The Population Council—Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean; Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia; Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries, Swedish International Development Agency; Ministry of Public Health and Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand; Department for International Development of the United Kingdom; Mother Care—John Snow Inc.; National Institute for Child Health & Human Development, National Institutes of Health, United States; and the World Bank.
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