Maternal reproductive history: A registry based comparison of previous pregnancy data derived from maternal recall and data obtained during the actual pregnancy

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 471-477

  Kristensen, Petter ^a   Irgens, Lorentz M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abortion; Effect modification; Epidemiologic method; Information bias; Preterm birth; Reproductive history

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034112978     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2000.079006471.x     Document Type: Article

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