Validity of birth certificate-derived maternal weight data

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 203-212

  Bodnar, Lisa M ^a,b,c   Abrams, Barbara ^d   Bertolet, Marnie ^a   Gernand, Alison D ^a   Parisi, Sara M ^a   Himes, Katherine P ^b,c   Lash, Timothy L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

birth certificate; validity; weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; STRATIFICATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN; HEALTH SURVEY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHERS; PENNSYLVANIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84898001810     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12120     Document Type: Article

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