The effect of nonresponse on prevalence estimates for a referent population: Insights from a population-based cohort study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 498-506

  Shahar, Eyal ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^a   Jackson, Rodney ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Health surveys; selection bias; survey methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTION BIAS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030294714     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(96)00104-4     Document Type: Article

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