Reliability of variables on the North Carolina birth certificate: A comparison with directly queried values from a cohort study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-112

  Vinikoor, Lisa C ^a   Messer, Lynne C ^b   Laraia, Barbara A ^c   Kaufman, Jay S ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bias; Maternal education; PIN study; Vital records

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PREGNANCY; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH CERTIFICATES; COHORT STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 73649089680     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2009.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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