Participation rates in the selection of population controls in a case-control study of colorectal cancer using two recruitment methods

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 353-356

  Castaño Vinyals, Gemma ^a,b,c   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a,b,c   Moreno, Víctor ^d,e   Carrasco, Estela ^a,b   Guinó, Elisabet ^d   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b,c,f   Villanueva, Cristina M ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

Case control study; Patient participation rates; Population controls

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROL GROUP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REGISTER; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SPAIN; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTROL GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REGISTRIES; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053115367     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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