Validity of self-reported birth weight by adult women: sociodemographic influences and implications for life-course studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 910-917

  Tehranifar, Parisa ^a   Liao, Yuyan ^a   Flom, Julie D ^a   Terry, Mary Beth ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body mass index; Ethnic groups; Mental recall; Reproducibility of results; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRENATAL CARE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349492459     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp205     Document Type: Article

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