Effects of sample attrition in a longitudinal study of the association between alcohol intake and all-cause mortality

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1149-1159

  Thygesen, Lau C ^a,f   Johansen, Christoffer ^b   Keiding, Niels ^c   Giovannucci, Edward ^d,e   Grønbæk, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol; All cause mortality; Attrition; Bias; Drop out; Longitudinal studies; Missing data; Population based studies

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 45149121688     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02241.x     Document Type: Article

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