Comparison of Two Types of Epidemiological Surveys Aimed at Collecting Daily Clinical Symptoms in Community-Based Longitudinal Studies

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-158

  Lee, Gwenyth ^a   Cama, Vitaliano ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^a,c   Cabrera, Lilia ^b   Saito, Mayuko ^a,b,c   Checkley, William ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort Studies; Diarrhea Infantile; Epidemiologic Methods; Psychological; Signal Detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; VOMITING;

COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL RECALL; PERU; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 73249120867     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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