Unlinked vital events in census-based longitudinal studies can bias subsequent analysis

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 380-385

  O'Reilly, Dermot ^a   Rosato, Michael ^a   Connolly, Sheelah ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Census non enumeration; Longitudinal studies; Mortality; Nonlinkage bias; Northern Ireland; Study design

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSE OF DEATH; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 39649094510     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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