Multiple imputation for national public-use datasets and its possible application for gestational age in United States Natality files

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 97-105

  Parker, Jennifer D ^a   Schenker, Nathaniel ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth records; Gestation; Missing data; Multiple imputation

Indexed keywords

BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH CERTIFICATES; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547872216     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00866.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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