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Good practices for the design, analysis, and interpretation of observational studies on birth spacing and perinatal health outcomes

Jennifer A. Hutcheon, Susan Moskosky, Cande V. Ananth, Olga Basso, Peter A. Briss, Cynthia Ferré, Brittni N. Frederiksen, Sam Harper, Sonia Hernández–Dı́az, Ashley H. Hirai,

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology · 2018 · 61 citations · 40 references

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This commentary outlines the discussions of this recent expert workgroup, and describes several suggested principles for study design and analysis that could mitigate many potential sources of bias.

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