A population database for maternal and child health research in Western Australia using record linkage

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 433-447

  Stanley, Fiona J ^a   Croft, Maxine L ^a   Gibbins, John ^a   Read, Anne W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIRTH DEFECT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD HEALTH; DATA BASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA COLLECTION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMATION SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0028053770     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1994.tb00482.x     Document Type: Article

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