TY - JOUR AU - Minsart, Anne-Frederique AU - Buekens, Pierre AU - De Spiegelaere, Myriam AU - Van de Putte, Sabine AU - Van Leeuw, Virginie AU - Englert, Yvon PY - 2012 DA - 2012/11/08 TI - Missing information in birth certificates in Brussels after reinforcement of data collection, and variation according to immigration status. A population-based study JO - Archives of Public Health SP - 25 VL - 70 IS - 1 AB - A problem repeatedly reported in birth certificate data is the presence of missing data. In 2008, a Centre for Perinatal Epidemiology was created inter alia to assist the Health Departments of Brussels-Capital City Region to check birth certificates. The purpose of this study is to assess the changes brought by the Centre in terms of completeness of data registration for the entire population and according to immigration status. SN - 2049-3258 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/0778-7367-70-25 DO - 10.1186/0778-7367-70-25 ID - Minsart2012 ER -