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Warning of Immortal Time Bias When Studying Drug Safety in Pregnancy: Application to Late Use of Antibiotics and Preterm Delivery

This study aimed to illustrate and account for immortal time bias in pregnancy observational investigations, using the relationship between late use of antibiotics and risk of preterm birth as an example. We conducted a population-based cohort study including 549,082 deliveries between 2007 and 2017...

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Autores principales: Corrao, Giovanni, Rea, Federico, Franchi, Matteo, Beccalli, Benedetta, Locatelli, Anna, Cantarutti, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7558278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32899455
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186465

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