Participation in population-based case-control studies: Does the observed decline vary by socio-economic status?

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 276-279

  Mazloum, Marie ^a   Bailey, Helen D ^a   Heiden, Tamika ^a   Armstrong, Bruce K ^b   De Klerk, Nicholas ^a   Milne, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bias; control recruitment; random digit dialling; socio economic status; time trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84859719531     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2011.01253.x     Document Type: Article

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