Genes as instruments for studying risk behavior effects: An application to maternal smoking and orofacial clefts

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 54-78

  Wehby, George L ^a   Jugessur, Astanand ^b   Murray, Jeffrey C ^a   Moreno, Lina M ^a   Wilcox, Allen ^c   Lie, Rolv T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Child health; Genetic instrumental variables; Mendelian randomization; Oral clefts; Smoking

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHILD HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP FACE PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MATERNAL SMOKING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 79960286944     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: 15729400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10742-011-0071-9     Document Type: Article

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