Measures of association in epidemiological studies: smoking mothers and low birth weight children in the city of Campina Grande - PB

• Main Authors: Tarsyla Medeiros de Albuquerque (Author), Gabriela Albuquerque Batista de Araujo (Author), Bruno Leão Caminha (Author), Marta Lucia de Albuquerque (Author), Mácio Augusto de Albuquerque (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of this study was to present and describe the essential aspects, and to discuss the use of measures of association, relative risk and odds ratio, including formulas for calculating confidence intervals of obtained data from a cohort study of underweight live births of mothers who smoked duri...