Preparation, piloting and validation for a longitudinal birth cohort study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 201-212

  Golding, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Longitudinal birth cohort; Piloting; Preparation; Training; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PLANNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 67449156103     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2009.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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