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The Problem of Confounding in Studies of the Effect of Maternal Drug Use on Pregnancy Outcome

In most epidemilogical studies, the problem of confounding adds to the uncertainty in conclusions drawn. This is also true for studies on the effect of maternal drug use on birth defect risks. This paper describes various types of such confounders and discusses methods to identify and adjust for the...

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Autor principal: Källén, Bengt
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22190949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/148616