Potential confounding by exposure history and prior outcomes: An example from perinatal epidemiology

Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 544-551

  Howards, Penelope P ^a   Schisterman, Enrique F ^a   Heagerty, Patrick J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SMOKING;

EID: 34547911012     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31812001e6     Document Type: Article

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