Reliability of data from proxy respondents in an international case-control study of cardiovascular disease and oral contraceptives

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 674-680

  Poulter, N R ^a   Chang, C L ^a   Farley, T M M ^b   Marmot, M G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACCURACY; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL AMERICA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; HUMAN; RELATIVE; RELIABILITY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPOUSE; STROKE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030445157     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.6.674     Document Type: Article

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