Regan et al. Reply to "Sibling Comparison Design in Birth-Spacing Studies"

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.
² School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.
³ School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁴ Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
⁵ Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
⁶ Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.

Comment

Annette K Regan et al. Am J Epidemiol. 2019.

. 2019 Jan 1;188(1):22-23.

doi: 10.1093/aje/kwy187.

¹ School of Public Health, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.
² School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.
³ School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁴ Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
⁵ Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
⁶ Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.

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Comment on

A Population-Based Matched-Sibling Analysis Estimating the Associations Between First Interpregnancy Interval and Birth Outcomes.
Regan AK, Ball SJ, Warren JL, Malacova E, Padula A, Marston C, Nassar N, Stanley F, Leonard H, de Klerk N, Pereira G. Regan AK, et al. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 Jan 1;188(1):9-16. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwy188. Am J Epidemiol. 2019. PMID: 30188970 Free PMC article.
Invited Commentary: Promise and Pitfalls of the Sibling Comparison Design in Studies of Optimal Birth Spacing.
Hutcheon JA, Harper S. Hutcheon JA, et al. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 Jan 1;188(1):17-21. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwy195. Am J Epidemiol. 2019. PMID: 30188975

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