Do low control response rates always affect the findings? Assessments of smoking and obesity in two Australian case-control studies of cancer

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 312-319

  Pandeya, Nirmala ^a   Williams, Gail M ^a   Green, Adèle C ^b   Webb, Penelope M ^b   Whiteman, David C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias; Body mass index; Case control study; Imputation; Oesophageal cancer; Ovarian cancer; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING ERROR; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY MASS INDEX; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249164806     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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