The Importance of Estimating Selection Bias on Prevalence Estimates Shortly After a Disaster

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 782-788

  Grievink, Linda ^a   van der Velden, Peter G ^a   Yzermans, C Joris ^a   Roorda, Jan ^a   Stellato, Rebecca K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disasters; Health Surveys; Imputation; Selection Bias; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELECTION BIAS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33749138017     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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