Spreading interviews over time in health surveys: Do temporal variations of self-reported alcohol consumption affect measurement?

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1015-1033

  Heeb, Jean Luc ^a   Gmel, Gerhard ^a  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROBLEMS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Measurement; Self reports; Survey design; Temporal variations

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEPHONE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF DISCLOSURE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 23044445121     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-200030718     Document Type: Review

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