Cross-sectional reporting of previous Cesarean birth was validated using longitudinal linked data

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 672-678

  Chen, Jian Sheng ^a   Roberts, Christine L ^a   Ford, Jane B ^a   Taylor, Lee K ^b   Simpson, Judy M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth records; Cesarean section; Hospital records; International classification of diseases; Medical record linkage; Reliability and validity; Vaginal birth after Cesarean

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 77956632049     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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