Open AccessValidation of age determination with historical events in Birnin Kebbi, Northwest Nigeria
Author(s) -
Folajimi Otubogun,
Nasiru Sanni,
Amina Lawal Bello
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/nmj.nmj_58_19
Subject(s) - spearman's rank correlation coefficient , demography , confidence interval , medicine , intraclass correlation , rank correlation , age groups , geography , statistics , clinical psychology , mathematics , sociology , psychometrics
Birth registration is not universal and remains elusive for some people living in developing countries, such as Nigeria; hence, age determination for healthcare and health-related research is often problematic.