Determinants of the availability and accuracy of self-reported birth weight in middle-aged and elderly women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 379-384

  Allen, Diane S ^a   Ellison, George T H ^b   Dos Santos Silva, Isabel ^c   De Stavola, Bianca L ^c   Fentiman, Ian S ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Middle age; Recall; Reproducibility of results; Women

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037083106     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.4.379     Document Type: Article

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