Participants Who Left a Multiple-Wave Cohort Study Had Similar Baseline Characteristics to Participants Who Returned

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 820-823

  Ware, Robert S ^a   Williams, Gail M ^a   Aird, Rosemary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias; Cohort Study; Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Health Surveys; Nonresponse; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW BIAS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH;

EID: 33750709256     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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