Effect of sampling frames on response rates in the WHO MONICA risk factor surveys

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 293-299

  Wolf, Hermann K ^a,f   Kuulasmaa, Kari ^b   Tolonen, Hanna ^b   Sans, Susana ^c   Molarius, Anu ^d   Eastwood, Brian J ^e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^d Vastmanland County Council   (Sweden)

^e ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^f QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias (Epidemiology); Epidemiological methods; Health surveys; Multicentre studies; Population surveillance; Sampling studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEX RATIO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 18844410858     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-005-0600-3     Document Type: Article

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