Analysis of nonresponse bias in a population-based case-control study on lung cancer

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1033-1040

  Richiardi, Lorenzo ^a,b   Boffetta, Paolo ^b,c   Merletti, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Interview; Lung neoplasm; Participation; Questionnaire; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036818272     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(02)00455-9     Document Type: Article

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