Measuring the accuracy and completeness of linking certificates for deliveries to the same woman

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 58-62

  Adams, Melissa M ^a   Kirby, Russell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth certificate; Fetal death; Medical record linkage; Reproductive history

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANAMNESIS; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MOTHERS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34250212661     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00838.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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