Assessing number-specific error in the recall of onset of last menstrual period

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-267

  Waller, D Kim ^a   Spears, William D ^a   Gu, Yun ^a   Cunningham, George C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; ERROR; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; RECALL; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL RECALL; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033905670     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2000.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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