Non-response to baseline, non-response to follow-up and mortality in the Whitehall II cohort

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 831-837

  Ferrie, Jane E ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,c   Shortt, Alison ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a,d   Head, Jenny ^a   Marmot, Michael ^a   Gimeno, David ^a,e   De Vogli, Roberto ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^b   Shipley, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Non response to follow up; Occupational cohort; Partial response; Socioeconomic inequalities; White collar

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 66749089877     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp153     Document Type: Article

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