The impact of attrition on the representativeness of cohort studies of older people

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Brilleman, Samuel L ^a   Pachana, Nancy A ^a   Dobson, Annette J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77955215623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-71     Document Type: Article

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