Non-response bias in a postal questionnaire survey on respiratory health in the old and very old

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 411-417

  Hardie, Jon A ^a   Bakke, Per S ^a   Mørkve, Odd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

age 80+; epidemiology; frail elderly; geriatric assessment; questionnaires; respiratory tract disease; selection bias

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 2542479377     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/140349480303100603     Document Type: Article

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