Detectable Risks in Studies of the Fetal Benefits of Maternal Influenza Vaccination

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 227-232

  Hutcheon, Jennifer A ^a   Fell, Deshayne B ^b   Jackson, Michael L ^c   Kramer, Michael S ^b   Ortiz, Justin R ^d   Savitz, David A ^e,f   Platt, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

immunization; influenza illness; influenza vaccine; pregnancy; pregnancy complication; preterm birth; sample size; statistical power

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; MENTAL HEALTH; NEONATE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING BIAS; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG UPTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; VIROLOGY;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84982890213     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww048     Document Type: Article

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