Practice-based research network solutions to methodological challenges encountered in a national, prospective cohort study of mothers and newborns

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-98

  Finch, Stacia A ^b   Lalama, Christina ^c   Spino, Cathie ^d   Schwartz, Heidi C ^b   Wasserman, Richard C ^b,e   McCormick, Marie C ^c   Bernstein, Henry H ^a,f  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community studies; Enrolment strategies; Ethnic minority; Study methodology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRACTICE BASED RESEARCH NETWORK; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM;

DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 37349025504     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00894.x     Document Type: Article

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