Poor-to-moderate agreement between self and proxy interviews of mobile phone use

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 561-567

  Hutter, Hans Peter ^a   Ehrenhöfer, Lisa ^b   Freuis, Edith ^b   Hartl, Patrik ^b   Kundi, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epidemiological study; Mobile telecommunication; Proxy interview

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE;

COHEN'S KAPPAS; DAILY USE; EMPIRICAL DATA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; KAPPA COEFFICIENT; MOBILE PHONE USE; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS; PROXY DATA; PROXY INTERVIEW; STUDY CASE;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CUSTODY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CELLULAR PHONE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROXY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866145419     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.21723     Document Type: Article

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