Selection bias and the use of controls with malformations in case- control studies of birth defects

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 238-241

  Lieff, Susan ^a,b   Olshan, Andrew F ^a   Werler, Martha ^c   Savitz, David A ^a   Mitchell, Allen A ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Congenital anomalies; Control group selection; Epidemiologic methods; Oral cleft; Restricted controls; Study design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP FACE PALATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0032894735     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199905000-00008     Document Type: Article

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