Spatial analysis of gastroschisis in Massachusetts and Texas

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-14

  Yazdy, Mahsa M ^a   Werler, Martha M ^a   Anderka, Marlene ^b   Langlois, Peter H ^c   Vieira, Veronica M ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital abnormalities; Gastroschisis; Spatial analysis; Spatio temporal analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LATITUDE; LIVE BIRTH; LONGITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SMOKING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MATERNAL AGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923287646     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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