Season and preterm birth in Norway: A cautionary tale

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1068-1078

  Weinberg, Clarice R ^a   Shi, Min ^a   DeRoo, Lisa A ^b   Basso, Olga ^c   Skjærven, Rolv ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Harmonic analysis; Preterm birth; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIRTH INTERVAL; CHILD HEALTH; DATA ASSIMILATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; SMOKING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS RISK; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORWAY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; FERTILIZATION; LEISURE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

NORWAY;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 84939637519     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv100     Document Type: Article

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