The Jerusalem Perinatal Study cohort, 1964-2005: Methods and a review of the main results

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-273

  Harlap, Susan ^a   Davies, A Michael ^c   Deutsch, Lisa ^c   Calderon Margalit, Ronit ^c   Manor, Orly ^c   Paltiel, Ora ^c,d   Tiram, Efrat ^c   Yanetz, Rivka ^c   Perrin, Mary C ^a   Terry, Mary B ^a   Malaspina, Dolores ^a,b   Friedlander, Yechiel ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Birth survey; BMI; Breast feeding; Cancer; Childhood hospitalisation; Diabetes; Longitudinal; Paternal age; Pre eclampsia; Psychiatric disorder; Time trends

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSANGUINITY; CONTRACEPTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JERUSALEM PERINATAL STUDY; LABOR; LIVE BIRTH; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; REGISTER; RELIGION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STILLBIRTH;

ABNORMALITIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 34247096635     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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