The harmonisation of longitudinal data: A case study using data from cohort studies in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom

Ageing and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1419-1437

  Bath, Peter A ^a   Deeg, Dorly ^b   Poppelaars, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cross national comparison; data harmonisation; older people; sample attrition

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ELDERLY POPULATION; SAMPLING;

NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79251641521     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X1000070X     Document Type: Article

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