The validity of self-reported fractures among Danish female nurses: Comparison with fractures registered in the Danish National Hospital Register

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-143

  Hundrup, Yrsa Andersen ^a   Obel, Erik B ^a   Rasmussen, Niels Kr ^a   Høidrup, Susanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF DISCLOSURE; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; HIP FRACTURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WRIST FRACTURE;

AGED; DENMARK; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 3242747632     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940310017490     Document Type: Article

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