Participation in Occupational Health Longitudinal Studies: Predictors of Missed Visits and Dropouts

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-18

  Oleske, Denise M ^a   Kwasny, Mary Morrissey ^a   Lavender, Steven A ^a   Andersson, Gunnar B J ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropouts; Follow Up Studies; Longitudinal Study; Low Back Pain; Missed Visits; Occupational Health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRACES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33845518652     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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