A comparison of participants with non-participants in a population-based epidemiologic study: The Melbourne Visual Impairment Project

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 73-81

  Livingston, P M ^a   Lee, S E ^a   McCarty, C A ^a   Taylor, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias; Epidemiology participation; Population based study; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0030794508     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286589709057099     Document Type: Article

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