| Course Description |
This course focuses on epidemiologic approaches to the study of disorders occurring during early human development (in the period from conception to birth) and on the consequences of events during this period for later development and health. The aim is to impart key concepts and methodological issues of special importance to the study of perinatal phenomena. These include: the timetable of human development relevant to teratogenesis, measurement of prenatal (and largely unobserved) event, chromosomal abnormalities, differentiation of growth velocity and length of gestation, consequences of infections during pregnancy, the role of the placenta, and long-term outcomes of perinatal events on neurological development and adult health. The emphasis is on the application of epidemiological methods to the study of perinatal exposures and outcomes and on some of the distinctive methodological and ethical problems that arise in this area.
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