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Sources of data for a longitudinal birth cohort
Author(s) -
Golding Jean,
Jones Richard
Publication year - 2009
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.1365-3016.2008.00996.x
Subject(s) - medicine , variety (cybernetics) , longitudinal data , longitudinal study , demography , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology
This paper outlines the variety of data sources which can be utilised in a longitudinal study. Although a longitudinal study could be carried out using just one type of data, greater depth and accuracy can be achieved by including a variety of different sources of information.