Use of World Wide Web-based directories for tracing subjects in epidemiologic studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 889-894

  Koo, Malcolm M ^a   Rohan, Thomas E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Contact tracing; Epidemiologic methods; Internet; Longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CANADA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIRECTORIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE;

EID: 0034332529     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.9.889     Document Type: Article

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