Immortal time bias in the study of stillbirth risk factors: The example of gestational diabetes

Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 787-790

  Hutcheon, Jennifer A ^a   Kuret, Verena ^a   Joseph, K S ^a   Sabr, Yasser ^a   Lim, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMORTAL TIME BIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH; STUDY DESIGN; TIME; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885390679     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3182a6d9aa     Document Type: Article

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