@article{ref1,
title="Recall of childhood illnesses",
journal="Journal of clinical epidemiology",
year="1988",
author="Krall, E. A. and Valadian, I. and Dwyer, J. T. and Gardner, J.",
volume="41",
number="11",
pages="1059-1064",
abstract="Recall of eight childhood communicable diseases and other illnesses was validated among 95 adults by comparison to longitudinal childhood health records. Self-reports at age 50 of several illnesses were highly accurate; however, German measles was correctly recalled by only 34% of subjects. Similar levels of accuracy were consistently found among a subset who also completed health history interviews 8 and 20 years earlier. Over-reporting of some health events was common. Past exposure to viral or bacterial agents is sometimes assessed in case-control studies by self-reports. Misclassification of prior exposure due to faulty recall may distort true associations between childhood illness and chronic disease in later life.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0895-4356",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}