Reproducibility of medical information obtained via the telephone vs personal interview

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 397-400

  Einarson, A ^a   Ahmed, F ^a   Gallo, M ^a   Einarson, T R ^b   Koren, G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE; TERATOGENESIS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERVIEWS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032726229     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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