Bias from conditioning on live birth in pregnancy cohorts: An illustration based on neurodevelopment in children after prenatal exposure to organic pollutants

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 345-354

  Liew, Zeyan ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^a,b   Cui, Xin ^a   Ritz, Beate ^a,c   Arah, Onyebuchi A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Bias analysis; Birth cohort; Live birth bias; Perfluoroalkyl substances; Prenatal exposure; Reproductive epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECUNDITY; INFANT MORTALITY; NEUROLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILITY; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLLUTANT; STATISTICAL BIAS; TOXICITY;

FLUOROCARBON; POLLUTANT;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84924536650     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu249     Document Type: Article

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