Random error and undercounting in birth defects surveillance data: Implications for inference

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 610-616

  Correa Villaseñor, Adolfo ^a   Satten, Glen A ^b   Rolka, Henry ^a   Langlois, Peter ^c   Devine, Owen ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVALUATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0141864465     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.10110     Document Type: Article

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