Linking birth records to hospital admission records enhances the identification of women who smoke during pregnancy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 258-264

  Tran, Duong Thuy ^a   Roberts, Christine L ^b   Havard, Alys ^a   Jorm, Louisa R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

birth; health record linkage; hospital admission; perinatal; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STILLBIRTH; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901840266     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12213     Document Type: Article

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