Conditions for bias from differential left truncation

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 444-452

  Howards, Penelope P ^a   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^b   Poole, Charles ^c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion, spontaneous; Bias (epidemiology); Logistic models; Survival analysis; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33846991287     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk027     Document Type: Article

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