Autism spectrum disorders and fetal hypoxia in a population-based cohort: Accounting for missing exposures via Estimation-Maximization algorithm

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Burstyn, Igor ^a,b   Wang, Xiaoming ^a,c   Yasui, Yutaka ^a   Sithole, Fortune ^a   Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS HYPOXIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALBERTA; ALGORITHMS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL HYPOXIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78650762760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-2     Document Type: Article

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