Characteristics of survey participants with and without a telephone: Findings from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-60

  Ford, Earl S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Health status; Health surveys; Interviews; Nutrition; Risk factors; Socioeconomic factors; Telephone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENE; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OWNERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031973942     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00225-4     Document Type: Article

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