From causal diagrams to birth weight-specific curves of infant mortality

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-166

  Hernández Díaz, Sonia ^a   Wilcox, Allen J ^b   Schisterman, Enrique F ^c   Hernán, Miguel A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

Birth weight; Curves; DAGs; Mortality; Paradox

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN MORTALITY; SMOKING;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING;

EID: 39649102152     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-007-9220-4     Document Type: Article

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