Control selection and participation in an ongoing, population-based, case-control study of birth defects

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 975-985

  Cogswell, Mary E ^a   Bitsko, Rebecca H ^a   Anderka, Marlene ^a   Caton, Alissa R ^a   Feldkamp, Marcia L ^a   Sherlock, Stacey M Hockett ^a   Meyer, Robert E ^a   Ramadhani, Tunu ^a   Robbins, James M ^a   Shaw, Gary M ^a   Mathews, T J ^a   Royle, Marjorie ^a   Reefhuis, Jennita ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Congenital abnormalities; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CERTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PATERNAL AGE; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349664440     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp226     Document Type: Article

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