Conception to Birth: Epidemiology of Prenatal Development

by Jennie Kline, Zena Stein, Mervyn Susser

This book provides the first systematic and in-depth epidemiological treatment of prenatal development, from fertilization to birth. It lays the groundwork for causal thinking about prenatal development by discussing criteria for evaluating observed associations between teratogens and developmental outcomes. The authors map development epidemiologically, dealing with the probabilities of conception and early loss, the relation between miscarriage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195042867
• ISBN13: 9780195042863
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.7"