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From causal diagrams to birth weight-specific curves of infant mortality

Authors: Sonia Hernández-Díaz, Allen J. Wilcox, Enrique F. Schisterman, Miguel A. Hernán

Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Issue 3/2008

Abstract

This report explores the low birth weight paradox using two graphical approaches: causal directed acyclic graphs (DAGs), and the empirical curves of the birth weight distribution and birth weight-specific mortality. The birth weight curves are able to represent the associations quantitatively, while the corresponding causal DAGs provide a set of plausible explanations for the findings. Taken together, these two approaches can facilitate discussion of underlying biological mechanisms.

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Title: From causal diagrams to birth weight-specific curves of infant mortality
Authors: Sonia Hernández-Díaz
Allen J. Wilcox
Enrique F. Schisterman
Miguel A. Hernán
Publication date: 01-03-2008
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology / Issue 3/2008
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-007-9220-4

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