| Description |
xiv, 433 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics ; v. 14 |
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Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics ; v. 14
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: PART I: Disorders of Development: Weighing the Evidence for Environmental Causes -- 1. Criteria for Teratogenesis: I. Time Order, Strength, Consistency -- 2. Criteria for Teratogenesis: II. Specificity -- 3. Criteria for Teratogenesis: III. Coherence -- PART II: Conception and Early Gestation -- 4. Conception and Reproductive Loss: Probabilities -- 5. Developmental Abnormalities: Frequency Measures -- 6. Developmental Abnormalities: Frequencies Observed -- 7. Karyotypes at Miscarriage: Variations and Regularities -- 8. Environmental Factors, Miscarriage and Karyotypes -- 9. The Recurrence of Miscarriage and Chromosomal Aberrations -- PART III: Later Gestation -- 10. The Separation of Entities: Preterm Delivery, Low Birth Weight and Maturity -- 11. Preterm Delivery: I. Indices and Enumeration -- 12. Preterm Delivery: II. Risk Factors -- 13. Fetal Growth and Birth Weight: I. Indices and Risks -- 14. Fetal Growth and Birth Weight: II. Norms and Thresholds -- 15. The Family Factor in Birth Weight -- 16. Maternity and Birth in Less Developed Countries -- PART IV: Age and Parity -- 17. Aging and Reproduction: I. Conception to Birth -- 18. Aging and Reproduction: II. Trisomy -- 19. Pregnancy Number: Problems of Analysis -- PART V: The Physical Environment, Reproduction and Surveillance -- 20. Surveillance of Reproductive Outcomes: I. Keeping Watch -- 21. Surveillance of Reproductive Outcomes: II. Following Leads |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 339-415 |
| Subject |
Fetus -- Diseases -- Epidemiology.
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Fetus -- Growth.
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Pregnancy -- Complications -- Epidemiology.
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Abnormalities -- epidemiology
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Abnormalities -- occurrence
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Epidemiology of prenatal development
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Fetal Diseases -- epidemiology.
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Pregnancy Outcome.
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| Author |
Stein, Zena.
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Susser, Mervyn.
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| LC no. |
88038168 |
| ISBN |
0195042867 (alk. paper) |
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