Advanced paternal age and risk of fetal death: A cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 160, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1214-1222

  Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^a,c   Hansen, Kasper Daniel ^a   Andersen, Per Kragh ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abortion, spontaneous; Fetal death; Maternal age; Paternal age; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; INFANT MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGING; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS WASTAGE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; POINT MUTATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 10344234222     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh332     Document Type: Article

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