Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to reproductive and perinatal epidemiology / Germaine M. Buck Louis and Robert W. Platt -- Sensitive windows of human reproduction and development / Germaine M. Buck Louis -- Fecundity and fertility / Germaine M. Buck Louis -- Fecundity impairments / Germaine M. Buck Louis -- Pregnancy, prenatal care, weight, and maternal age / Mary L. Hediger -- Pregnancy complications / Michelle A. Williams -- Obstetric intervention / Jun Zhang, K.S. Joseph, and William Fraser -- Duration of gestation and timing of birth / Jun Zhang and David A. Savitz -- Fetal growth : measurement and evaluation / Mary L. Hediger and K.S. Joseph -- Birth defects / Martha Werler -- Maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity / K.S. Joseph -- Fetal and infant mortality and morbidity / K.S. Joseph -- The fetuses-at-risk approach : causal and non-causal models / K.S. Joseph -- Fetuses-at-risk approach : an evolving paradigm / Robert W. Platt -- Causal inference in perinatal epidemiology : revisiting the birth weight paradox / Enrique F. Schisterman and Robert W. Platt -- Unique methodologic challenges in reproductive and perinatal epidemiology / Robert W. Platt and Germaine M. Buck Louis -- Novel study designs and their application in reproductive and perinatal epidemiology / Enrique F. Schisterman.

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