Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1202-1209 , December 2003

The clustering of neonatal deaths in triplet pregnancies: application of response conditional multivariate logistic regression models

  • Janet S. Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biometrics, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 335 George Street Liberty Plaza, Suite 2200, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
    • ,
  • Shou-En Lu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biometrics, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 335 George Street Liberty Plaza, Suite 2200, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
    • ,
  • Cande V. Ananth

      Affiliations

    • Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 732-235-7940; fax: 732-235-6627.

,Accepted 25 May 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00161-6

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1202-1209 , December 2003

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