Non-response in epidemiological studies - How to cope with it?

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-324

  Bakke, Per S ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM ERROR; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE;

EID: 76449095491     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.11.018     Document Type: Editorial

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