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Reproductive and perinatal epidemiology / edited by Germaine M. Buck Louis, Robert W. Platt.

Oxford Scholarship Online: Public Health and Epidemiology Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Louis, Germaine Buck.
Platt, Robert W.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Obstetrics.
Perinatology.
Epidemiology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (355 p.)
Place of Publication:
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
A conceptual paradigm for reproductive and perinatal epidemiology is presented to define the field and its spectrum of possible study outcomes, followed by an overview of the relevant sensitive windows for study and substantive and methodologic issues underlying key study outcomes ranging from human fecundity to adverse birth outcomes.
Contents:
Introduction to reproductive and perinatal epidemiology / Germaine M. Buck Louis and Robert W. Platt
Sensitive windows of human reproduction and development / Germaine M. Buck Louis
Fecundity and fertility / Germaine M. Buck Louis
Fecundity impairments / Germaine M. Buck Louis
Pregnancy, prenatal care, weight, and maternal age / Mary L. Hediger
Pregnancy complications / Michelle A. Williams
Obstetric intervention / Jun Zhang, K.S. Joseph, and William Fraser
Duration of gestation and timing of birth / Jun Zhang and David A. Savitz
Fetal growth : measurement and evaluation / Mary L. Hediger and K.S. Joseph
Birth defects / Martha Werler
Maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity / K.S. Joseph
Fetal and infant mortality and morbidity / K.S. Joseph
The fetuses-at-risk approach : causal and non-causal models / K.S. Joseph
Fetuses-at-risk approach : an evolving paradigm / Robert W. Platt
Causal inference in perinatal epidemiology : revisiting the birth weight paradox / Enrique F. Schisterman and Robert W. Platt
Unique methodologic challenges in reproductive and perinatal epidemiology / Robert W. Platt and Germaine M. Buck Louis
Novel study designs and their application in reproductive and perinatal epidemiology / Enrique F. Schisterman.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011).
ISBN:
0-19-985774-1
9786613349095
1-283-34909-4
0-19-987479-4
OCLC:
721985943

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