Invited Commentary: Hot Tubs and Miscarriage-Methodological and Substantive Reasons Why the Case Is Weak

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 938-940

  Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a   Howards, Penelope P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

BATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOT TUB; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNIQUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HYDROTHERAPY; MATERNAL AGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242695540     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg244     Document Type: Note

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