On the use of surrogate respondents for controls in a case-control study of Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 980-984

  Debanne, Sara M ^a,b   Petot, Grace J ^a   Li, Jingjin ^a   Koss, Elisabeth ^b   Lerner, Alan J ^b   Riedel, Tatiana M ^c   Rowland, Douglas Y ^d   Smyth, Kathleen A ^a,c   Friedland, Robert P ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^d D Y Rowland Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Bias; Surrogate respondents

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; WORK CAPACITY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0034871070     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49190.x     Document Type: Article

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