Self-administered questionnaire compared with a personal diary for assessment of current use of hormone therapy: An analysis of 16,060 women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 788-792

  Merlo, Juan ^a,b   Berglund, Göran ^a   Wirfält, Elisabet ^a   Gullberg, Bo ^a   Hedblad, Bo ^a   Manjer, Jonas ^a   Hovelius, Birgita ^a   Janzon, Lars ^a   Hanson, Bertil S ^a   Östergren, Per Olof ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Network for Pharmacoepidemiology Foundation   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Estrogens; Pharmacoepidemiology; Progestational hormones; Questionnaires; Women

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COCODAMOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; HYPNOTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SWEDEN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034667546     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.8.788     Document Type: Article

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