Participation rates in a case-control study: The impact of age, race, and race of interviewer

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 188-195

  Moorman, Patricia G ^a   Newman, Beth ^b   Millikan, Robert C ^b   Tse, Chiu Kit J ^b   Sandler, Dale P ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Breast Cancer; Epidemiologic Methods; Response Rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 0033037235     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(98)00057-X     Document Type: Article

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