The Cornella Health Interview Survey Follow-Up (CHIS.FU) Study: Design, methods, and response rate

BMC Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-8

  Garcia, Montse ^a,b   Schiaffino, Anna ^a   Fernandez, Esteve ^a,b   Marti, Merce ^c   Salto, Esteve ^b,d   Perez, Gloria ^d   Peris, Merce ^a   Borrell, Carme ^e   Nieto, F Javier ^f   Borras, Josep Maria ^a,b  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Departmet of Public Health   (Spain)

^d GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^e Municipal Institute of Public Health   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SMOKING; SPAIN;

EID: 2942729949     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-3-12     Document Type: Article

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