Impact of referral bias on clinical and epidemiological studies of Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-83

  Kokmen, Emre ^a   Özsarfati, Yasef ^b   Beard, C Mary ^a   O'Brien, Peter C ^a   Rocca, Walter A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Alzheimer's disease; Referral bias; Selection bias; Sociodemographic variables

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029986928     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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