Sources of bias in studies among infertility clients

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 86-92

  Tielemans, Erik ^a,b   Burdorf, Alex ^b   Te Velde, Egbert ^c   Weber, Rob ^d   Van Kooij, Roelof ^c   Heederik, Dick ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fertility; Infertility; Selection bias; Semen; Smoking

Indexed keywords

INFERTILITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPERM;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN; SMOKING;

EID: 0036642448     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf011     Document Type: Article

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