Bias analyses to investigate the impact of differential participation: Application to a birth defects case-control study.

Julie M Petersen Jacob C Kahrs Nedghie Adrien Mollie E Wood Andrew F Olshan Louisa H Smith Meredith M HowleyElizabeth C AilesPaul A Romitti Amy H Herring Samantha E Parker Gary M Shaw Maria D Politisnull null

Published in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2023)

Differential participation could partly explain certain associations observed in NBDPS, but questions remain about why. Potential impacts of other systematic errors (e.g. exposure misclassification) could be informed by additional research.

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