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)
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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.
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Kramer MS. The epidemiology of adverse
pregnancy outcomes: An overview. J Nutr 2003;133:1592S-1596S.
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Kramer M. Breastfeeding and child health,
growth, and survival. (Commentary)
Int J Epidemiol
2003;32:96-98.
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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.
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Kramer MS. Randomized trials and public
health interventions: Time to end the scientific double standard. Clin
Perinatol 2003;30:351-361.
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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.
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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.
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Kramer MS. Food supplementation during
pregnancy and functional outcomes. J Health Popul Nutr 2003;21:81-82.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Kramer MS. Commentary: Maternal
nutrition, body proportions at birth, and adult chronic disease. Int J
Epidemiol 2004;33:1-2.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Platt RW, Ananth CV, Kramer MS. Analysis
of neonatal mortality: is standardizing for relative birth weight biased?
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2004;4:9.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hellems MA, Kramer MS, Hayden GF.
Case-control confusion. Ambulatory Pediatrics 2006;6:96-99.
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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.
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Kramer MS, Denburg JA. The childhood asthma and allergy epidemic: A
mystery worth solving. Opinion section, The Toronto Star, May 30, 2006, pp. A17.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Simondon K, Kramer M.
Réapprendre l’allaitement. Libération.fr, quotidien: mardi 26 décembre
2006.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Kramer M. Prescription pour la
santé des enfants (Op-Ed). Le Droit: Actualités, 8 avril 2008, pp. 13.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Zhang X, Kramer MS. Variations in
mortality and morbidity by gestational age among infants born at term. J
Pediatr 2009;154:358-62.
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Kramer MS. Late Preterm Birth:
Appreciable Risks, Rising Incidence. J Pediatr 2009;154:159-60.
(Editorial)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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).
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Kramer MS. Kids vs trees: Reye’s
syndrome and spraying for spruce budworm in New Brunswick. J Clin Epidemiol
(in press).
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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).
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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.