Does gestational age misclassification explain the difference in birthweight for Australian Aborigines and whites?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 980-988

  Coory, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aborigines; Birthweight; Gestational age; Misclassification

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029914121     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.5.980     Document Type: Article

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