Validity of self-reported birthweight among middle-aged and elderly women in the Danish Nurse Cohort Study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1134-1139

  Wodskou, Pernille M ^a,b   Hundrup, Yrsa A ^a   Obel, Erik B ^c   Jørgensen, Torben ^a,d  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Self report; Validity; Women; Women's health issues

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAUGHTER; FEMALE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NURSE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY; AGED; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; DENMARK; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77956302214     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349.2010.500370     Document Type: Article

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