The impact of survey nonresponse bias on conclusions drawn from a mammography intervention trial

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 867-873

  Partin, Melissa R ^a   Malone, Michael ^b   Winnett, Mary ^c   Slater, Jonathan ^b   Bar Cohen, Annette ^d   Caplan, Lee ^e  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Cedar Riverside People's Center   (United States)

^d National Breast Cancer Coalition   (United States)

^e MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health education; Intervention studies; Mammography; Nonrespondents; Randomized controlled trial; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POPULATION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REMINDER SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0141849361     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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