Representativeness of participants in a cross-sectional health survey by time of day and day of week of data collection

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 364-369

  Mindell, Jennifer ^a   Aresu, Maria ^a   Bécares, Laia ^a   Tolonen, Hanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861622487     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr093     Document Type: Article

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