Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 186-193 , April 2001

Validation of Birth Certificate Data: A Study of Women in New Jersey's HealthStart Program

  • Nancy E Reichman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Dr. Nancy E. Reichman, Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Wallace Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544–2091
    • ,
  • Erinn M Hade, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA

Received 2 April 2000 ,Revised 28 June 2000 ,Accepted 13 September 2000.

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Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 186-193 , April 2001

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