U.S. Maternally Linked Birth Records May Be Biased for Hispanics and Other Population Groups

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-31

  Leiss, Jack K ^a   Giles, Denise ^b   Sullivan, Kristin M ^a   Mathews, Rahel ^a   Sentelle, Glenda ^b   Tomashek, Kay M ^b  

^a Duke Center for Clinical Health Policy Research   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiologic); Birth certificates; Epidemiologic methods; Medical record linkage; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71549136458     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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