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Maternal Obesity and Infant Mortality: A Meta-Analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Meehan, S., Puleston, R., Beck, C. R., Leonardi-Bee, J., & Mair-Jenkins, J. (2014). Maternal Obesity and Infant Mortality: A Meta-Analysis. Pediatrics, 133(5), 863–871. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-1480

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Despite numerous studies reporting an elevated risk of infant mortality among women who are obese, the magnitude of the association is unclear. A systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken to assess the association... Read More about Maternal Obesity and Infant Mortality: A Meta-Analysis.

How to read a cohort study (2014)
Book Chapter
Tata, L. J. (2014). How to read a cohort study. In N. J. Talley, G. Richard Locke III, P. Moayyedi, J. West, & Y. A. Saito (Eds.), GI Epidemiology: Diseases and Clinical Methodology (15-29). (Second). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118727072.ch2

The cohort is the basis of all epidemiologic study designs as it is the closest way to study the natural progression of people's life course over which the temporal relationship between exposures and outcomes can be assessed. Although a cohort is def... Read More about How to read a cohort study.

How to read a case-control study (2014)
Book Chapter
West, J., Tata, L. J., & Card, T. R. (2014). How to read a case-control study. In N. J. Talley, G. R. Locke III, P. Moayyedi, J. West, A. C. Ford, & Y. A. Saito (Eds.), GI Epidemiology: Diseases and Clinical Methodology (30-38). (Second edition). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118727072.ch3