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A population database for maternal and child health research in Western Australia using record linkage
Author(s) -
Stanley Fiona J.,
Croft Maxine L.,
Gibbins John,
Read Anne W.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.667
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1365-3016
pISSN - 0269-5022
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1994.tb00482.x
Subject(s) - medicine , record linkage , linkage (software) , cerebral palsy , population , epidemiology , database , pediatrics , demography , environmental health , psychiatry , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology , computer science , gene
Summary. This paper describes a linked total population database established in Western Australia for monitoring and evaluating maternal and child health and for conducting epidemiological studies. Good vital statistics data including all Western Australian hospitalisations and excellent birth defects and cerebral palsy registers have ensured that complete data are available. Examples of studies which have been conducted using the database are given.