Does health differ between participants and non-participants in the MRI-HUNT study, a population based neuroimaging study? The Nord-Trøndelag health studies 1984-2009

BMC Medical Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Honningsvåg, Lasse Marius ^a   Linde, Mattias ^a,b   Håberg, Asta ^a   Stovner, Lars J ^a,b   Hagen, Knut ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

BMI; Cardiovascular disease; Cholesterol; Education; General population study; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroimaging; Participation rates; Population characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NORWAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NORWAY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84864339071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-12-23     Document Type: Article

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