Fetal growth, maternal prenatal smoking, and risk of invasive meningococcal disease: A nationwide case-control study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 816-820

  Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a   Labouriau, Rodrigo ^b,c   Jensen, Elise Snitker ^a   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^b   Schønheyder, Henrik Carl ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiological factors; Infant; Low birthweight; Meningococcal disease; Small for gestational age; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK; SMOKING;

EID: 4644371384     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh169     Document Type: Article

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