Attrition bias in a U.S. internet survey of alcohol use among college freshmen

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 606-614

  McCoy, Thomas P ^a   Ip, Edward H ^a   Blocker, Jill N ^a   Champion, Heather ^a   Rhodes, Scott D ^a   Wagoner, Kimberly G ^a   Mitra, Ananda ^a   Wolfson, Mark ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKENNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; SELECTION BIAS; SMOKING; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69449087938     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2009.70.606     Document Type: Article

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