Invited commentary: The perils of birth weight - A lesson from directed acyclic graphs

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1121-1123

  Wilcox, Allen J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Confounding factors (epidemiology); Infant mortality; Infant, low birth weight; Smoking

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; INFANT MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845185780     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj276     Document Type: Review

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