Healthy volunteer effect in a cohort study: Temporal resolution in the Adventist Health Study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 783-790

  Lindsted, Kristian D ^a   Fraser, Gary E ^a   Steinkohl, Manfred ^b   Beeson, W Lawrence ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bremer Inst fur P   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bias; Cohort study; Healthy volunteer effect; Response bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION;

EID: 0030198448     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(96)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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