Non-response bias in a study of cardiovascular diseases, functional status and self-rated health among elderly men

Age and Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-40

  Hoeymans, Nancy ^a,b   Feskens, Edith J M ^a   Van Den Bos, Geertrudis A M ^b   Kromhout, Daan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functional status; Myocardial infarction; Non respondents; Stroke; Study design

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0031982688     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.1.35     Document Type: Article

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