Comparison of birth weight between school health records and medical birth records in Denmark: Determinants of discrepancies

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Jensen, Camilla Bjørn ^a,b   Gamborg, Michael ^a   Heitmann, Berit ^c,d,e   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a,b,f   Baker, Jennifer L ^a,b  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MARRIED WOMAN; PARITY; PROGENY; RECALL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STUDENT T TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; REGISTRIES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84956873128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008628     Document Type: Article

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