A Mixture Model to Correct Misclassification of Gestational Age

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 151-159

  Urquia, Marcelo L ^a   Moineddin, Rahim ^b   Frank, John W ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth Certificates; Birthweight; Error Correction; Gestational Age; Menstrual Cycle; Misclassification; Mixture Model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL MIXTURE MODEL; POSTMATURITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PREMATURE BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857424056     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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