Maternal Reporting of Prepregnancy Weight and Birth Outcome: Consistency and Completeness Compared with the Clinical Record
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Maternal and Child Health Journal
- Vol. 2 (2), 123-126
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1022996924094
Abstract
Objectives: We examined whether data obtained by maternal report could be used for research in clinical settings in place of abstraction of the clinical record. Method: Reported prepregnancy weight,...Keywords
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