Hot Tub Use during Pregnancy and the Risk of Miscarriage

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 931-937

  Li, De Kun ^a   Janevic, Teresa ^b   Odouli, Roxana ^b   Liu, Liyan ^b  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abortion, spontaneous; Baths; Cohort studies; Epidemiologic studies

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOT TUB; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEAT; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242526692     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg243     Document Type: Article

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