The logic for a conception-to-death cohort study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 445-451

  Eaton, William W ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hampton House   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort; Comorbities; Conception to death; Envirome; Human genome study; Web of causation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036789843     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(01)00314-3     Document Type: Article

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