Does male age affect the risk of spontaneous abortion? An approach using semiparametric regression

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 815-824

  Slama, Rémy ^a,b   Werwatz, Axel ^b,c   Boutou, Odile ^a   Ducot, Béatrice ^a   Spiral, Alfred ^a   Härdle, Wolfgang ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abortion, spontaneous; Aging; Fetal death; Maternal age; Men; Paternal age; Pregnancy; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; AGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATHERS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037740570     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg056     Document Type: Article

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