Michael S. Kramer, M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Dept. of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, The Montreal Children's Hospital
 2300 Tupper Street, Les Tourelles, Montreal, Quebec, H3H 1P3
Phone: (514) 412-4400 ext. 22687 Fax: (514) 412-4253
Email: michael.kramer@mcgill.ca

Work in Progress

• Socioeconomic disparities in preterm birth: causal pathways and mechanisms.
• PROBIT: A 6-year follow-up of Belarussian newborns participating in a cluster-randomized trial to promote breastfeeding duration and exclusivity.
• Population health trends in fetal death, preterm birth, fetal growth, and infant mortality.

Recent Publications (since 1999)

• Ananth CV, Demissie K, Kramer MS, Vintzileos AM.  Small-for-gestational-age births among Black and White women: Temporal trends in the United States.  Am J Pub Health 2003;93:577-579.
• Kramer MS.  The epidemiology of adverse pregnancy outcomes:  An overview.  J Nutr 2003;133:1592S-1596S.
• Kramer M.  Breastfeeding and child health, growth, and survival.  (Commentary) Int J Epidemiol 2003;32:96-98.
• Joseph KS, Liu S, Demissie K, Wen SW, Platt RW, Ananth CV, Dzakpasu S, Sauve R, Allen AC, Kramer MS and the Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  A parsimonious explanation for intersecting perinatal mortality curves:  understanding the effect of plurality and of parity.  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2003;3:3.
• Kramer MS.  Randomized trials and public health interventions:  Time to end the scientific double standard.  Clin Perinatol 2003;30:351-361.
• Kramer MS, Guo T, Platt RW, Sevkovskaya Z, Dzikovich I, Collet J-P, Shapiro S, Chalmers B, Hodnett E, Vanilovich I, Mezen I, Ducruet T, Shishko G, Bogdanovich N.  Infant growth and health outcomes associated with 3 compared with 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding.  Am J Clin Nutr 2003;78:291-295.
• Drummond KN, Kramer MS, Suissa S, Lévy-Marchal C, Dell’Aniello S, Sinaiko A, Mauer M for the International Diabetic Nephropathy Study Group.  Effects of duration and age at onset of type 1 diabetes on preclinical manifestations of nephropathy.  Diabetes 2003;52:1818-1824. 
• Kramer MS.  Food supplementation during pregnancy and functional outcomes.  J Health Popul Nutr 2003;21:81-82.
• Wen SW, Kramer MS, Platt R, Demissie K, Joseph KS, Liu S, Sauvé R for the Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  Secular trends of fetal growth in Canada, 1981 to 1997.  Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2003;17:347-354.
• Luo Z-C, Wilkins R, Platt RW, Kramer MS for the Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  Risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes among Inuit and North American Indian women in Quebec, 1985-97.  Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2004;18:40-50.
• Luo Z-C, Liu S, Wilkins R, Kramer MS for the Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  Risks of stillbirth and early neonatal death by day of week.  CMAJ 2004;170:337-341.
• Luo Z-C, Wilkins R, Kramer MS for the Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  Disparities in pregnancy outcomes according to marital and cohabitation status.  Obstet Gynecol 2004;103:1300-1307.
• Wen SW, Lei H, Kramer MS, Sauve R.  Determinants of intrapartum fetal death in a remote and indigent population in China.  J Perinatol 2004;24:77-81.
• Moriya R, Manivel JC, Mauer M for the International Diabetic Nephropathy Study Group (IDNSG).  Juxtaglomerular apparatus T-cell infiltration affects glomerular structure in Type 1 diabetic patients.  Diabetologia 2004;47:82-88.
• Joseph KS, Demissie K, Platt RW, Ananth CV, McCarthy BJ, Kramer MS.  A parsimonious explanation for intersecting perinatal mortality curves:  understanding the effects of race and of maternal smoking.  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2004;4:7.
• Kramer MS.  Commentary:  Maternal nutrition, body proportions at birth, and adult chronic disease.  Int J Epidemiol 2004;33:1-2.
• Rusen ID, Liu S, Sauve R, Joseph KS, Kramer MS.  Sudden infant death syndrome in Canada:  Trends in rates and risk factors, 1985-1998.  Chronic Diseases in Canada 2004;25:1-6
• Liu S, Rusen ID, Joseph KS, Liston R, Kramer MS, Wen SW, Kinch R for the Maternal Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  Recent trends in caesarean delivery rates and indications for caesarean delivery in Canada.  J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2004;26:735-742.
• Kramer MS, Guo T, Platt RW, Sevkovskaya Z, Dzikovich I, Collet J-P, Shapiro S, Chalmers B, Hodnett E, Vanlovich I, Mezen I, Ducruet T, Shishko G, Bogdanovich N.  Does previous infection protect against atopic eczema and recurrent wheezing in infancy?  Clin Exp Allergy 2004;34:753-756.
• Demissie K, Rhoads GG, Smulian JC, Balasubramanian BA, Gandhi K, Joseph KS, Kramer M.  Operative vaginal delivery and neonatal and infant adverse outcomes:  population based retrospective analysis.  BMJ 2004;329:1-6.
• Platt RW, Ananth CV, Kramer MS.  Analysis of neonatal mortality:  is standardizing for relative birth weight biased?  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2004;4:9.
• Kramer MS and Kakuma R.  The Optimal Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding:  A Systematic Review.  In:  Pickering LK, Morrow AL, Ruiz-Palacios GM, Schanler RJ, eds.  Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol. 554.  New York:  Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2004.
• Villar J, Abalos E, Carroli G, Giordano D, Wojdyla D, Piaggio G, Campodonico L, Gülmezoglu M, Lumbiganon P, Bergsjø P, Ba’aqeel H, Farnot U, Bakketeig L, Al-Mazrou Y, Kramer M for the World Health Organization Antenatal Care Trial Research Group.  Heterogeneity of perinatal outcomes in the preterm delivery syndrome.  Obstet Gynecol 2004;104:78-87.
• Platt RW, Joseph KS, Ananth CV, Grondines J, Abrahamowicz M, Kramer MS.  A proportional hazards model with time-dependent covariates and time-varying effects for analysis of fetal and infant death.  Am J Epidemiol 2004;160:199-206.
• Luo Z-C, Kierans WJ, Wilkins R, Liston RM, Mohamed J, Kramer MS for the British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency.  Disparities in birth outcomes by neighborhood income:  temporal trends in rural and urban areas, British Columbia.  Epidemiology 2004;15:679-686.
• Kramer MS, Guo T, Platt RW, Vanilovich I, Sevkovskaya Z, Dzikovich I, Michaelsen KF, Dewey K for the Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial Study Group.  Feeding effects on growth during infancy.  J Pediatr 2004;145:600-605.
• Lederman SA, Akabas SR, Moore BJ, Bentley ME, Devaney B, Gillman MW, Kramer MS, Mennella JA, Ness A, Wardle J.  Summary of the presentations at the Conference on Preventing Childhood Obesity, December 8, 2003.  Pediatrics 2004:114;1146-1173.
• Wen SW, Rusen ID, Walker M, Liston R, Kramer MS, Baskett T, Heaman M, Liu S for the Maternal Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  Comparison of maternal mortality and morbidity between trial of labor and elective cesarean section among women with previous cesarean delivery.  Am J Obstet Gynecol 2004:191;1263-1269.
• Luo Z-C, Kierans WJ, Wilkins R, Liston RM, Uh S-H, Kramer MS for the British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency.  Infant mortality among First Nations versus non-First Nations in British Columbia:  temporal trends in rural versus urban areas, 1981-2000.  Int J Epidemiol 2004;33:1252-1259.
• Morin I, Morin L, Zhang X, Platt RW, Blondel B, Bréart G, Usher R, Kramer MS.  Determinants and consequences of discrepancies in menstrual and ultrasonographic gestational age estimates.  BJOG 2005;112:145-152.
• Kramer MS.  Maternal Nutrition and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes:  Lessons from Epidemiology.  In:  Hornstra G, Uauy R and Yang X (eds): The Impact of Maternal Nutrition on the Offspring.  Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series Pediatric Program, Vol. 55, pp. 1-15, Nestec Ltd., Basel 2005.
• Liu S, Heaman M, Joseph KS, Liston RM, Huang L, Sauve R, Kramer MS for the Maternal Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  Risk of maternal postpartum readmission associated with mode of delivery.  Obstet Gynecol 2005;105:836-842.
• Klein R, Zinman B, Gardiner R, Suissa S, Donnelly SM, Sinaiko AR, Kramer MS, Goodyer P, Moss SE, Strand T, Mauer M for the Renin-Angiotensin System Study.  The relationship of diabetic retinopathy to preclinical diabetic glomerulopathy lesions in type 1 diabetic patients:  the Renin-Angiotensin System Study.  Diabetes 2005;54:527-533.
• Yuan H, Platt RW, Morin L, Joseph KS, Kramer MS.  Fetal deaths in the United States, 1997 vs 1991.  Am J Obstet Gynecol 2005;193:489-495.
• Wen SW, Fung KFK, Huang L, Demissie K, Joseph KS, Allen AC, Kramer MS for the Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  Fetal and neonatal mortality among twin gestations in a Canadian population:  The effect of intrapair birthweight discordance.  Am J Perinatol 2005;22:279-286.
• Wen SW, Huang L, Liston R, Heaman M, Baskett T, Rusen ID, Joseph KS, Kramer MS for the Maternal Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  Severe maternal morbidity in Canada, 1991-2001.  CMAJ 2005;173:759-763.
• Kramer MS, Barros FC, Demissie K, Liu S, Kiely J, Joseph KS.  Does reducing infant mortality depend on preventing low birthweight?  An analysis of temporal trends in the Americas.  Pediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2005;19:445-451.
• Ananth CV, Liu S, Kinzler WL, Kramer MS.  Stillbirths in the United States, 1981-2000: An age, period, and cohort analysis.  Am J Public Health 2005;95:2213-2217.
• Steinke JM, Sinaiko AR, Kramer MS, Suissa S, Chavers BM, Mauer M for the  International Diabetic Nephropathy Study Group.  The early natural history of nephropathy in type I diabetes.  III.  Predictors of 5-year urinary albumin excretion rate patterns in initially normoalbuminuric patients.  Diabetes 2005;54:2164-2171.
• McGillivray DL, Mok E, Mulrooney E, Kramer MS.  A head-to-head comparison:  “Clean-void” bag versus catheter urinalysis in the diagnosis of urinary tract infection in young children.  J Pediatr 2005;147:451-456.
• Villar J, Carroli G, Wojdyla D, Abalos E, Giordano D, Ba’aqeel H, Franot U, Bergsjø P, Bakketeig L, Lumbiganon P, Campodónico L, Al-Mazrou Y, Lindheimer M, Kramer M for the World Health Organization Antenatal Care Trial Research Group.  Preeclampsia, gestational hypertension and intrauterine growth restriction, related or independent condition?  Am J Obstet Gynecol 2006;194:921-931.
• Libman MD, Kramer M, Platt R.  Comparison of Gram and Kopeloff stains in the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy.  Diag Microbiol Infect Dis 2006;54:197-201.
• Hellems MA, Kramer MS, Hayden GF.  Case-control confusion.  Ambulatory Pediatrics 2006;6:96-99.
• Kramer MS, Denburg JA.  L’épidémie d’asthme et d’allergies chez les enfants:  Un mystère qu’il vaut la peine de résoudre.  Libre opinion, Le Devoir, 2 mai 2006, pp. A6.

·        Kramer MS, Denburg JA.  The childhood asthma and allergy epidemic:  A mystery worth solving.  Opinion section, The Toronto Star, May 30, 2006, pp. A17.

• Luo Z-C, Wilkins R, Kramer MS for the Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  Effect of neighbourhood income and maternal education on birth outcomes:  a population-based study.  CMAJ 2006;174:1415-1420.
• Kramer MS, Ananth CV, Platt RW, Joseph KS.  US Black vs White disparities in foetal growth: physiological or pathological?  Int J Epidemiol 2006;35:1187-1195.
• Kramer MS, Rouleau J, Baskett TF, Joseph KS for the Maternal Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  Amniotic-fluid embolism and medical induction of labour: a retrospective, population-based cohort study.  Lancet 2006;368:1444-1448.
• Simondon K, Kramer M.  Réapprendre l’allaitement.  Libération.fr, quotidien:  mardi 26 décembre 2006.

·        Kramer MS, Chen MF, Roy I, Dassa C, Lamoureux J, Kahn SR, Mc Namara H, Platt RW  for the Montreal Prematurity Study Group.  Intra- and interobserver agreement and statistical clustering of placental histopathologic features relevant to preterm birth.  Am J Obstet Gynecol 2006;195:1674-1679.

• Frank J, Di Ruggiero E, McInnes RR, Kramer MS, Gagnon F.  Large life-course cohorts for characterizing genetic and environmental contributions: the need for more thoughtful designs.  Epidemiology 2006;17:595-598. 
• Klein R, Moss SE, Sinaiko AR, Zinman B, Gardiner R, Suissa S, Donnelly SM, Kramer MS, Goodyer P, Strand T, Mauer M.  The relation of ambulatory blood pressure and pulse rate to retinopathy in type 1 diabetes mellitus:  The renin-angiotensin system study (RASS).  Ophthalmology 2006;113:2231-2236. 
• Zhang X, Platt RW, Cnattingius S, Joseph KS, Kramer MS.  The use of customised versus population-based birthweight standards in predicting perinatal mortality.  BJOG 2007;114:474-477.
• Joseph KS, Huang L, Liu S, Ananth CV, Allen AC, Sauve R, Kramer MS for the Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  Reconciling the high rates of preterm and postterm birth in the United States.  Obstet Gynecol 2007;109:813-822.
• Liu S, Liston RM, Joseph KS, Heaman M, Sauve R, Kramer MS for the Maternal Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  Maternal mortality and severe morbidity associated with low-risk planned cesarean delivery versus planned vaginal delivery at term.  CMAJ 2007;176:455-460.
• Liu S, Heaman M, Sauve R, Liston R, Reyes F, Bartholomew S, Young D, Kramer MS for the Maternal Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  An analysis of antenatal hospitalization in Canada, 1991-2003.  Matern Child Health J 2007;11:181-187.
• Joseph KS, Rouleau J, Kramer MS, Young DC, Liston RM, Baskett TF, for the Maternal Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.  Investigation of an increase in postpartum haemorrhage in Canada.  BJOG 2007;114:751-759.
• Zhang X, Cnattingius S, Platt RW, Joseph KS, Kramer MS.  Are babies born to short, primiparous, or thin mothers “normally” or “abnormally” small?  J Pediatr 2007;150:603-607.
• Bergvall N, Iliadou A, Johansson S, de Faire U, Kramer MS, Pawitan Y, Pedersen NL, Lichtenstein P, Cnattingius S.  Genetic and shared environmental factors do not confound the association between birth weight and hypertension.  A study among Swedish twins.  Circulation 2007;115:2931-2938.
• Vaillancourt S, McGillivray D, Zhang X, Kramer MS.  To clean or not to clean:  Effect on contamination rates in midstream urine collections in toilet-trained children.  Pediatrics 2007;119:e1288-e1293.
• Abenhaim HA, Benjamin A, Koby RD, Kinch RA, Kramer MS.  Comparison of obstetric outcomes between on-call and patients’ own obstetricians.  CMAJ 2007;177:352-356. 
• Pausova Z, Paus T, Abrahamowicz M, Almerigi J, Arbour N, Bernard M, Gaudet D, Hanzalek P, Hamet P, Evans AC, Kramer M, Laberge L, Leal SM, Leonard G, Lerner J, Lerner RM, Mathieu J, Perron M, Pike B, Pitiot A, Richer L, Séguin JR, Syme C, Toro R, Tremblay RE, Veillette S, Watkins K.  Genes, maternal smoking, and the offspring brain and body during adolescence:  design of the Saguenay Youth Study.  Hum Bran Mapp 2007;28:502-518.
• Kramer MS, Matush L, Vanilovich I, Platt RW, Bogdanovich N, Sevkovskaya Z, Dzikovich I, Shishko G, Mazer B for the Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) Study Group.  Does prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding reduce the risk of allergy and asthma?  New evidence from a large randomized trial.  BMJ 2007;335:815-820; originally published online 11 Sep 2007.
• Kramer MS, Vanilovich I, Matush L, Bogdanovich N, Zhang X, Shishko G, Muller-Bolla M, Platt RW for the Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) Study Group.  The effect of prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding on dental caries in early school-age children:  New evidence from a large randomized trial.  Caries Res 2007;41:484-488.
• Sherrard A, Platt RW, Vallerand D, Usher RH, Zhang X, Kramer MS.  Maternal anthropometric risk factors for caesarean delivery before or after onset of labour.  BJOG 2007;114:1088-1096.
• Florescu A, Ferrence R, Einarson TR, Selby P, Kramer M, Woodruff S, Grossman L, Rankin A, Jacqz-Aigraine E, Koren G.  Reference values for hair cotinine as a biomarker of active and passive smoking in women of reproductive age, pregnant women, children, and neonates:  systematic review and meta-analysis.  Ther Drug Monit 2007;29:437-446.
• Kramer MS, Matush L, Vanilovich I, Platt RW, Bogdanovich N, Sevkovskaya Z, Dzikovich I, Shishko G, Collet J-P, Martin RM, Davey Smith G, Gillman MW, Chalmers B, Hodnett E, Shapiro S for the Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) Study Group.  Effects of prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding on child height, weight, adiposity, and blood pressure at age 6.5 years:  New evidence from a large randomized trial.  Am J Clin Nutr 2007;86:1717-1721.
• Kramer MS, Fombonne E, Igumnov S, Vanilovich I, Matush L, Mironova E, Bogdanovich N, Tremblay RE, Chalmers B, Zhang X, Platt RW for the Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) Study Group.  Effects of prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding on child behavior and maternal adjustment:  Evidence from a large randomized trial.  Pediatrics 2008;121:e435-e440.
• Kierans WJ, Joseph KS, Luo Z-C, Platt R, Wilkins, R, Kramer MS.  Does one size fit all?  The case for ethnic-specific standards of fetal growth.  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008;3:1.
• Kramer M.  Prescription pour la santé des enfants (Op-Ed).  Le Droit:  Actualités, 8 avril 2008, pp. 13.
• Kramer M.  SOS for health and safety of Canadian children:  More research and government action are needed to deal with high rates of accidental injury and obesity, especially among aboriginal children (Opinion Piece).  Toronto Star, April 10, 2008.
• Zhang X, Decker A, Platt RW, Kramer MS.  How big is too big?  The perinatal consequences of fetal macrosomia.  Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;198:517.e1-517.e6.
• Kramer MS, Aboud F, Mironova E, Vanilovich I, Platt RW, Matush L, Igumnov S, Fombonne E, Bogdanovich N, Ducruet T, Collet J-P, Chalmers B, Hodnett E, Davidovsky S, Skugarevsky O, Trofimovich O, Kozlova L, Shapiro S for the Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) Study Group.  Breastfeeding and Child Cognitive Development:  New evidence from a large randomized trial.  Arch Gen Psychiatry 2008;65:578-584.
• Koren G, Blanchette P, Lubetzky A, Kramer M.  Hair nicotine:  cotinine metabolic ratio in pregnant women:  A new method to study metabolism in late pregnancy.  Ther Drug Monit 2008;30:246-248.
• Joseph KS, Fahey J, Platt RW, Liston RM, Lee SK, Sauve R, Liu S, Allen AC, Kramer MS.  An outcome-based approach for the creation of fetal growth standards:  Do singletons and twins need separate standards?  Am J Epidemiol 2009;169:616-624.
• Kramer MS.  Methodological Challenges in Studying Long-Term Effects of Breastfeeding.  In:  Goldberg GR et al, eds.  Breast-Feeding:  Early Influences on Late Health.  Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Volume 639, Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2009.
• Kramer MS, Matush L, Vanilovich I, Platt RW, Bogdanovich N, Sevkovskaya Z, Dzikovich I, Shishko G, Collet J-P, Martin RM, Davey Smith G, Gillman MW, Chalmers B, Hodnett E, Shapiro S.  A randomized breast-feeding promotion intervention did not reduce child obesity in Belarus.  J Nutr 2009;139:417S-421S.
• Kahn SR, Platt R, McNamara H, Rozen R, Chen MF, Genest J Jr, Goulet L, Lydon J, Seguin L, Dassa C, Masse A, Asselin G, Benjamin A, Miner L, Ghanem A, Kramer MS.  Inherited thrombophilia and preeclampsia within a multicenter cohort:  the Montreal Preeclampsia Study.  Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;200:151.e1-151.e9.
• Zhang X, Kramer MS.  Variations in mortality and morbidity by gestational age among infants born at term.  J Pediatr 2009;154:358-62.
• Kramer MS.  Late Preterm Birth:  Appreciable Risks, Rising Incidence.  J Pediatr 2009;154:159-60.  (Editorial)
• Kuryan G, Prasad J, Singh D, Minz S, Albert DS, Muliyil J, Joseph KS, Jayaraman J, Kramer MS.  Perinatal outcomes in a South Asian setting with high rates of low birth weight.  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2009;9:5.
• Johansson ALV, Dickman PW, Kramer MS, Cnattingius S.  Maternal smoking and infant mortality:  Does quitting smoking reduce the risk of infant death?  Epidemiology 2009:20:000-000.
• Kramer MS, Kahn SR, Rozen R, Evans R, Platt RW, Chen MF, Goulet L, Séguin L, Dassa C, Lydon J, McNamara H, Dahhou M, Genest J.  Vasculopathic and thrombophilic risk factors for spontaneous preterm birth.  Int J Epidemiol Advance Access published March 31, 2009.
• Kramer MS, Matush L, Bogdanovich N, Dahhou M, Platt RW, Mazer B.  The low prevalence of allergic disease in Eastern Europe.  Clinical & Experimental Allergy 2009;39:708-716.
• Kramer MS, Lydon J, Séguin L, Goulet L, Kahn SR, McNamara H, Genest J, Dassa C, Chen MF, Sharma S, Meaney MK, Thomson S, Van Uum S, Koren G, Dahhou M, Lamoureux J, Platt RW.  Stress pathways to spontaneous preterm birth:  The role of stressors, psychological distress, and stress hormones.  Am J Epidemiol Advance Access published April 10, 2009.
• Kramer MS, Wilkins R, Goulet L, Séguin, Lydon J, Kahn S, McNamara H, Dassa C, Dahhou M, Masse A, Miner L, Asselin G, Gauthier H, Ghanem A, Benjamin A, Platt RW for the Montreal Prematurity Study Group.  Investigating socioeconomic disparities in preterm Birth:  Intensive data collection can lead to selection bias.  Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (in press).
• Johansson S, Iliadou A, Bergvall N, dé Fairé U, Kramer MS, Pawitan Y, Pedersen NL, Norman M, Lichtenstein P, Cnattingius S.  Genetic factors contribute to the association between low birth weight and type 2 diabetes – a large cohort study of Swedish twins.  Epidemiology (in press).
• Kramer MS.  Kids vs trees:  Reye’s syndrome and spraying for spruce budworm in New Brunswick.  J Clin Epidemiol (in press).
• Kramer MS, Kahn SR, Platt RW, Genest J, Rozen R, Chen MF, Goulet L, Séguin L, Dassa C, Lydon J, McNamara H, Dahhou M, Lamoureux J, Evans RW.  Antioxidant vitamins, long-chain fatty acids, and spontaneous preterm birth.  Epidemiology (in press).
• Kramer MS, Martin RM, Sterne JAC, Shapiro S, Dahhou M, Platt RW.  The “Double Jeopardy” of clustered measurement and cluster randomization.  BMJ (in press). 

Book Chapters (since 1999)

• Kramer MS. Methodologic issues in perinatal research. In: Hitchcock PJ, MacKay TH, Wasserheit JN, Binder R, eds. Sexually transmitted Diseases and Adverse Outcomes of Pregnancy. Washington: ASM Press, 1999, pp. 87-100.

• Fraser WD, Kramer MS. Labour and delivery. In: Goldman MB, Hatch MC, eds. Women and Health. New York: Academic Press, 2000, pp. 182-195.

• Kramer MS, Victora CG. Low birth weight and perinatal mortality. In: Semba RD, Bloem MW, eds. Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries. New Jersey: Humana Press, 2001, pp. 57-69.