Response rates and selection problems, with emphasis on mental health variables and DNA sampling, in large population-based, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of adolescents in Norway

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bjertness, Espen ^a,b   Sagatun, Åse ^c   Green, Kristian ^a   Lien, Lars ^a,d   Søgaard, Anne Johanne ^a,e   Selmer, Randi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; PATIENT SELECTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; PATIENT SELECTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957725169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-602     Document Type: Article

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