Late Age at Childbirth: Survival Advantage or Artifact?

Affiliations

¹ Nancy E. Adler is director of the Center for Health and Community and the Lisa and John Pritzker Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Editorial

Nancy E Adler. Am J Public Health. 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;107(9):1381-1384.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303965.

¹ Nancy E. Adler is director of the Center for Health and Community and the Lisa and John Pritzker Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

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Comment in

Shadyab and LaCroix Respond.
Shadyab AH, LaCroix AZ. Shadyab AH, et al. Am J Public Health. 2017 Sep;107(9):1382-1383. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303971. Am J Public Health. 2017. PMID: 28787196 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Maternal Age at Childbirth and Parity as Predictors of Longevity Among Women in the United States: The Women's Health Initiative.
Shadyab AH, Gass ML, Stefanick ML, Waring ME, Macera CA, Gallo LC, Shaffer RA, Jain S, LaCroix AZ. Shadyab AH, et al. Am J Public Health. 2017 Jan;107(1):113-119. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303503. Epub 2016 Nov 17. Am J Public Health. 2017. PMID: 27854529 Free PMC article.

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