Sampling procedure, participation rates and representativeness in the Swedish part of the European Youth Heart Study (EYHS)

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 291-298

  Wennlöf, Anita Hurtig ^a,b   Yngve, Agneta ^a   Sjöström, Michael ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Children; Health survey; Participation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATCHMENT; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUTUROLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0038656708     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2002425     Document Type: Article

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