Non-attendance at re-examination 20 years after screening in the British Regional Heart Study

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 285-291

  Thomas, Mary C ^a   Walker, M ^a   Lennon, L T ^a   Thomson, A G ^a   Lampe, F C ^a   Shaper, A G ^a   Whincup, P H ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Follow up; Methodology; Non attendance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DRINKING; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036940304     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/24.4.285     Document Type: Article

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