Impact of resurvey non-response on the associations between baseline risk factors and cardiovascular disease mortality: Prospective cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 952-955

  Batty, G D ^a,b   Gale, C R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELECTION BIAS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350231648     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.086892     Document Type: Article

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