Reproductive and perinatal epidemiology /

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...

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Other Authors: Louis, Germaine Buck, Platt, Robert W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
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Table of 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.