Response error in self-reported current smoking frequency by black and white established smokers

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 483-489

  Clark, Pamela I ^a   Gautam, Shiva P ^a   Hlaing, Wayway M ^b   Gerson, Lowell W ^a  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

blacks; cotinine; measurement bias; race; Smoking

Indexed keywords

COTININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COTININE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING;

EID: 0030294506     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(96)00049-X     Document Type: Article

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