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Thromb Haemost 2013; 109(01): 195-196
DOI: 10.1160/TH13-02-0111
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Dietary vitamin K intake and anticoagulation control during the initiation phase of warfarin therapy: A prospective cohort study

Ron C. Li
1   Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
5   Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
,
Brian S. Finkelman
1   Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2   Center for Therapeutic Effectiveness Research, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
,
Jinbo Chen
1   Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
,
Sarah L. Booth
3   Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
,
Luanne Bershaw
1   Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2   Center for Therapeutic Effectiveness Research, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
,
Colleen Brensinger
1   Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Stephen E. Kimmel
1   Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2   Center for Therapeutic Effectiveness Research, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4   Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
› Author Affiliations Financial support: This work was supported by NIH grant R01HL066176, a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and the USDA, Agricultural Research Service under Cooperative Agreement No. 58–1950–7–707. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the view of the USDA or the National Institutes of Health.
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Received: 09 February 2013

Accepted after minor revision: 11 March 2013

Publication Date:
30 November 2017 (online)

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