Linking birth and infant death records with assisted reproductive technology data: Massachusetts, 1997-1998

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-125

  Sunderam, Saswati ^a   Schieve, Laura A ^a,c   Cohen, Bruce ^b   Zhang, Zi ^b   Jeng, Gary ^a   Reynolds, Meredith ^a   Wright, Victoria ^a   Johnson, Christopher ^a   Macaluso, Maurizio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted; Birth certificates; Data linkage; Death certificates; Reproductive technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHILDBIRTH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DELIVERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CONNECTICUT; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MOTHERS; NAMES; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 33646018948     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-005-0013-7     Document Type: Article

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