Perinatal epidemiologic research with vital statistics data: Validity is the essential quality

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-6

  Ananth, Cande V ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECLAMPSIA; EDITORIAL; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEART DISEASE; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA PREVIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAL STATISTICS;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 22244458914     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.05.064     Document Type: Editorial

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