An exploration of awareness bias in two environmental epidemiology studies

Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-208

  Moffatt, Suzanne ^a   Pless Mulloli, Tanja ^b   Bhopal, Raj ^b   Foy, Christopher ^b   Phillimore, Peter ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Awareness bias; Community concern; Industrial pollution; Prevalence study; Self reported morbidity

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COAL; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0343851593     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200003000-00020     Document Type: Article

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