Agreement Between Contemporaneously Recorded and Subsequently Recalled Time Spent Outdoors: Implications for Environmental Exposure Studies

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-111

  Chodick, Gabriel ^a   Freedman, Michal D ^a   Kwok, Richard K ^a   Fears, Thomas R ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a   Alexander, Bruce H ^a   Kleinerman, Ruth A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human Activities; Questionnaires; Solar Exposures; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RECALL; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NORTH CAROLINA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 33846353858     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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