Validity of parental work information on the birth certificate

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Brender, Jean D ^a   Suarez, Lucina ^b   Langlois, Peter H ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; EMPLOYABILITY; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VALIDITY; WORK; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 42449142618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-95     Document Type: Article

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