The Danish National Birth Cohort: Selected scientific contributions within perinatal epidemiology and future perspectives

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 115-120

  Nybo Andersen, Anne Marie ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

birth cohort; perinatal epidemiology; review

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79960770139     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494811407674     Document Type: Article

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