How many mailouts? Could attempts to increase the response rate in the Iraq war cohort study be counterproductive?

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Tate, A Rosemary ^a   Jones, Margaret ^a   Hull, Lisa ^a   Fear, Nicola T ^a   Rona, Roberto ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONRESPONSE BIAS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROBABILITY; RESPONSE TIME; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; WAR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FITNESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTAL MAIL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37249042828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-7-51     Document Type: Article

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