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| Title: |
Identification of Iowa live births in the Agricultural Health Study. |
| Authors: |
Romitti PA, Watanabe-Galloway S, Budelier WT, Lynch CF, Puzhankara S, Wong-Gibbons D, Hoppin JA, Alavanja MC |
| Journal: |
Arch Environ Occup Health |
| Date: |
2010 Jul-Sep |
| Branches: |
OEEB |
| PubMed ID: |
20705576 |
| PMC ID: |
PMC2936500 |
| Abstract: |
In the Agricultural Health Study, information on participant live births was largely provided by female partners of male private applicators. At the Iowa site, such information was available for 13,599 (42.9%) of 31,707 applicators. To improve identification of live births among Iowa participants, we used a probabilistic and deterministic approach to link available demographic data from 31,707 households and information on live births from 13,599 households with 1,014,916 Iowa birth certificates. Record linkage identified 16,611 (93.7%) of 17,719 reported live births and 17,883 additional live births, most (14,411 or 80.6%) not reported due to nonresponse by female partners. This record linkage produced an expanded cohort of live-born children among Iowa participants, which will facilitate improved study of the effects of agricultural exposures, including pesticides, on selected birth outcomes and childhood disease. |