Agreement between self and partner reports of paternal drinking and smoking

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 315-320

  Passaro, Kristi Tolo ^a,d   Noss, John ^b   Savitz, David A ^a   Little, Ruth E ^c  

^a University of North Carolina ^*  (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Bldg 8C 33 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Alcohol drinking; Proxy respondents; Reproduction; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030963612     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.2.315     Document Type: Article

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