Selective attrition and bias in a longitudinal health survey among survivors of a disaster

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Van Den Berg, Bellis ^a,b   Van Der Velden, Peter ^c   Stellato, Rebecca ^d   Grievink, Linda ^a  

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

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE VARIABLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVOR; WELLBEING; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL BIAS;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISASTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33847297032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-7-8     Document Type: Article

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