Implications of Using a Fetuses-at-Risk Approach When Fetuses Are Not at Risk

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-10

  Basso, Olga ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

denominator; fetuses at risk; gestational age specific rates; neonatal infant morbidity; neonatal infant mortality; numerator

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84958960576     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12254     Document Type: Article

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