Invitation to a population-based cohort study: Differences between subjects recruited using various strategies

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-112

  Manjer, Jonas ^a   Elmstahl, Sölve ^a   Janzon, Lars ^a   Berglund, Göran ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cancer incidence; cohort study; invitation; lifestyle; mortality; participants; recruitment; sociodemographic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SELECTION; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036358806     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948020300020401     Document Type: Article

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