The impact of nonlinear exposure-risk relationships on seasonal time-series data: Modelling Danish neonatal birth anthropometric data

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  McGrath, John ^a,b   Barnett, Adrian ^b   Eyles, Darryl ^a   Burne, Thomas ^a   Pedersen, Carsten B ^c   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DENMARK; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATITUDE; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MODEL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POPULATION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; BODY HEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METHODOLOGY; PERIODICITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PERIODICITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 37549027667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-7-45     Document Type: Article

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