Statistical methods to study timing of vulnerability with sparsely sampled data on environmental toxicants.

BackgroundIdentifying windows of vulnerability to environmental toxicants is an important area in children’s health research.ObjectiveWe compared and contrasted statistical approaches that may help...

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