California Very Preterm Birth Study: Design and characteristics of the population- and biospecimen bank-based nested case-control study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 250-263

  Kharrazi, Martin ^a   Pearl, Michelle ^b   Yang, Juan ^b   Delorenze, Gerald N ^c   Bean, Christopher J ^d   Callaghan, William M ^e   Grant, Althea ^d   Lackritz, Eve ^e   Romero, Roberto ^f   Satten, Glen A ^e   Simhan, Hyagriv ^g   Torres, Anthony R ^h   Westover, Jonna B ^h   Yolken, Robert ⁱ   Williamson, Dhelia M ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Sequoia Foundation   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^f EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

California Very Preterm Birth Study; Study design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEREDITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL SCREENING; RACE DIFFERENCE; STUDY DESIGN; UNITED STATES; VERY PRETERM BIRTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84862790080     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2011.01252.x     Document Type: Article

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