Participation bias in a randomised trial of screening for lung cancer

Lung Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-331

  Hestbech, Mie Sara ^a   Siersma, Volkert ^a   Dirksen, Asger ^b   Pedersen, Jesper H ^c   Brodersen, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Danish Lung Cancer Screening Trial (DLCST); Lung cancer; Mass screening; Participation bias; Randomised controlled trial; Recruitment; Screening effect; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; DENMARK; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION GROUPS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79960894281     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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