Validity of parental report of a child's medical history in otitis media research

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 1994, Pages 1116-1121

  Daly, Kathleen A ^a   Lindgren, Bruce ^a,b   Giebink, G Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Medical records; Otitis media; Prospective studies; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL RECALL; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028217489     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116955     Document Type: Article

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