An assessment of the validity of reporting by proxy to women's health questionnaire-A pilot study

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-82

  Lerner Geva, Liat ^a,c   Frenkel, Yair ^b,c   Lusky, Ayala ^a   Farhi, Adel ^a,c   Rabinovici, Jaron ^b,c  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agreement; Kappa statistic; Proxy; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENOPAUSE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 42949090770     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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