Commentary: Exegesis of effect modification - biological or spurious?

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 417-420

  Joseph, K S ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SIZE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHEMICAL STRESS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS RISK; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; MATERNAL SMOKING; MENOPAUSE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; PARITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RACE; RISK MANAGEMENT; STILLBIRTH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; THEOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 68849120910     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2009.01051.x     Document Type: Note

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