Prevalence of pre-eclampsia, pregnancy hypertension and gestational diabetes in population-based data: Impact of different ascertainment methods on outcomes

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-95

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

data linkage; disease ascertainment; gestational diabetes mellitus; pregnancy hypertension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84856968791     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01378.x     Document Type: Article

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