Maternal smoking and Down syndrome: The confounding effect of maternal age

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 442-446

  Chen, Chi Ling ^a,b   Gilbert, Tim J ^c   Daling, Janet R ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Smoking; Trisomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TRISOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033104551     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009831     Document Type: Article

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