Agreement between self-reported birth weight and birth certificate weights

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-113

  Jaworowicz, D J ^a   Nie, J ^a   Bonner, M R ^a   Han, D ^a   Vito, D ^a   Hutson, A ^a   Potischman, N ^a   Trevisan, M ^a   Muti, P ^a   Freudenheim, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

agreement; birth weight; breast neoplasm; female; newborn

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862269698     PISSN: 20401744     EISSN: 20401752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174410000012     Document Type: Article

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