A flexible Bayesian hierarchical model of preterm birth risk among US Hispanic subgroups in relation to maternal nativity and education

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kaufman, Jay S ^a   MacLehose, Richard F ^b   Torrone, Elizabeth A ^c   Savitz, David A ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

BAYES THEOREM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 79955119431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-51     Document Type: Article

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