Design and conduct of an internet-based preconception cohort study in North America: Pregnancy study online

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 360-371

  Wise, Lauren A ^a,b   Rothman, Kenneth J ^a,c   Mikkelsen, Ellen M ^e   Stanford, Joseph B ^d   Wesselink, Amelia K ^a   McKinnon, Craig ^a   Gruschow, Siobhan M ^a,b   Horgan, Casie E ^a   Wiley, Aleta S ^a   Hahn, Kristen A ^a   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^e   Hatch, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

fertility; Internet; methods; mobile apps; prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPTION; COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORTH AMERICA; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY STUDY ONLINE; RANDOMIZATION; STUDY DESIGN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FERTILIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84932167547     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12201     Document Type: Article

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