Feasibility of nationwide birth registry control selection in the United States

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 852-856

  Spector, Logan G ^a,b   Ross, Julie A ^a,b   Puumala, Susan E ^a   Roesler, Michelle ^a   Olshan, Andrew F ^c   Bunin, Greta R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Methods; Neoplasms; Pediatrics; Sampling studies

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; HEALTH RISK; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH REGISTRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROL GROUP; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; REGISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTRIES; SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548738371     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm143     Document Type: Article

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