Attrition in longitudinal studies: Who do you lose?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-361

  Young, Anne F ^a   Powers, Jennifer R ^a   Bell, Sandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33748422963     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00849.x     Document Type: Article

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