Participation bias in a population-based echocardiography study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 579-584

  Jacobsen, Steven J ^a,b   Mahoney, Douglas W ^a   Redfield, Margaret M ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Burnett Jr , John C ^a   Rodeheffer, Richard J ^a  

^a Dept Int Med Div Cardiovasc D ^*  (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Cohort Studies; Left Ventricular Function; Survey Methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; RISK; SAMPLING; SEX; SPIROMETRY; STAFF TRAINING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 4544272427     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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