Analyzing risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 361-367

  Kramer, Michael S ^a   Zhang, Xun ^a   Platt, Robert W ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

birth weight; birth weight paradox; early neonatal death; gestational age; perinatal mortality; preterm birth; selection bias; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POPULATION RISK; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BIRTH WEIGHT PARADOX; EARLY NEONATAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRETERM BIRTH; SELECTION BIAS; STILLBIRTH;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSALITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELECTION BIAS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84892759382     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt285     Document Type: Article

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