Validity of self-reports of reasons for hospitalization by young adults and risk factors for discordance with medical records: The coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA) study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 491-498

  Rahman, Atiq ^a   Gibney, Laura ^b   Person, Sharina D ^a   Williams, O Dale ^a   Kiefe, Catarina ^a   Jolly, Pauline ^b   Roseman, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Data collection; Hospitalization; Longitudinal studies; Medical records; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEGRO; POSTAL MAIL; SELF REPORT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23944493913     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi215     Document Type: Article

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