Validity of an information and communication technology system for data capture in epidemiological studies

Caries Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-293

  Carvalho, J C ^a   Bottenberg, P ^b   Declerck, D ^c   Van Nieuwenhuysen, J P ^a   Vanobbergen, J ^d   Nyssen, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dental informatics; Electronic data capture; Epidemiology; Oral health assessments; Oral health survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DATA BASE; DENTAL INFORMATICS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BELGIUM; BENCHMARKING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTAL INFORMATICS; DENTAL RECORDS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957549362     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328669     Document Type: Article

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