Validity of self-reported age at menarche in computer-assisted interview among Chinese schoolgirls: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Mao, Yanyan ^a   Lian, Qiguo ^a   Zuo, Xiayun ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Luo, Shan ^b   Zhang, Shucheng ^c   Tu, Xiaowen ^a   Lou, Chaohua ^a   Zhou, Weijin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

Author keywords

age at menarche; the computer assisted self administered interviewing; validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL CAPACITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MENARCHE; PROCEDURES; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENARCHE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 85049253767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016799     Document Type: Article

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