Reproducibility and validity of maternal recall of pregnancy-related events

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 774-777

  Tomeo, Catherine A ^a,d   Rich Edwards, Janet W ^b,c   Michels, Karin B ^a,c   Berkey, Catherine S ^a,c   Hunter, David J ^a,c   Frazier, A Lindsay ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,c   Buka, Stephen L ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery; Pregnancy; Recall; Reproducibility; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0032696529     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199911000-00022     Document Type: Article

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