Using linked educational attainment data to reduce bias due to missing outcome data in estimates of the association between the duration of breastfeeding and IQ at 15 years

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 937-945

  Cornish, Rosie P ^a   Tilling, Kate ^a   Boyd, Andy ^a   Davies, Amy ^a   Macleod, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Administrative data; ALSPAC; Bias; Breastfeeding; IQ; Linkage; Missing data

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BREASTFEEDING; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATABASE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR CORRECTION; NATIONAL PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TWINS; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST FEEDING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTELLIGENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84939637275     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv035     Document Type: Article

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