Statistical methods for estimating the probability of spontaneous abortion in observational studies-Analyzing pregnancies exposed to coumarin derivatives

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-35

  Meister, Reinhard ^a   Schaefer, Christof ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Berlin Institute for Clinical Teratology and Drug Risk Assessment in Pregnancy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competing risks; Coumarin derivatives; Left truncation; Pregnancy; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; PHENPROCOUMON;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COUMARINS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 48349095725     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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