Evaluation of time-to-pregnancy as a measure in environmental epidemiology.

Alvaro Javier Idrovo, Luz Helena Sanín, Donald C. Cole, .

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v25i3.1364
Keywords: infertility, epidemiologic methods, epidemiologic research design, survival analysis
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Since the late 80's, time to pregnancy has been used in environmental epidemiology to explore adverse effects of different exposures. The advantages of this measure and additional elements to be considered in the performance of this type of studies are reviewed. Study design includes the following steps: population selection, sample size, outcome measurement, statistical analyses and sources of bias. Guidelines were suggested for the properly development of this type of study.

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  • Alvaro Javier Idrovo Instituto de Salud Pública, Departamento de Salud Pública y Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D. C.
  • Luz Helena Sanín Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, FEN/Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Chihuahua,
  • Donald C. Cole Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario,
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Idrovo AJ, Sanín LH, Cole DC. Evaluation of time-to-pregnancy as a measure in environmental epidemiology. biomedica [Internet]. 2005 Sep. 1 [cited 2024 May 12];25(3):398-411. Available from: https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/1364
Published
2005-09-01
Issue
Vol. 25 No. 3 (2005)
Section
Topic review

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