Work pattern causes bias in self-reported activity duration: A randomised study of mechanisms and implications for exposure assessment and epidemiology

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-44

  Barrero, L H ^a,b   Katz, J N ^a,b,c   Perry, M J ^a   Krishnan, R ^a,d   Ware, J H ^a   Denneriein, J T ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BOREDOM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SELF DISCLOSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449090969     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.037291     Document Type: Article

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