Correlates of nonparticipation in the Canadian Study of Health and Aging

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages 49-56

  Helliwell, Barbara ^a   Aylesworth, Richard ^a   McDowell, Ian ^a   Baumgarten, Mona ^b   Sykes, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SAMPLING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 0035715471     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610202007986     Document Type: Article

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