Validity of recall of tobacco use in two prospective cohorts

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 828-835

  Brigham, Janet ^a   Lessov Schlaggar, Christina N ^b   Javitz, Harold S ^a   Krasnow, Ruth E ^a   Tildesley, Elizabeth ^c   Andrews, Judy ^c   Hops, Hyman ^c   Cornelius, Marie D ^d   Day, Nancy L ^d   McElroy, Mary ^a   Swan, Gary E ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

data collection; mental recall; prospective studies; reproducibility of results; retrospective studies; tobacco use disorder

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SYMPTOM; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL BIAS; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EUGENE; OREGON; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; OREGON; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EFFICACY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957298304     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq179     Document Type: Article

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