Determinants of non-response to a second assessment of lifestyle factors and body weight in the EPIC-PANACEA study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  May, Anne M ^a,b   Adema, Lotte E ^a   Romaguera, Dora ^c   Vergnaud, Anne Claire ^c   Agudo, Antonio ^d   Ekelund, Ulf ^e   Steffen, Annika ^f   Orfanos, Philippos ^g,ab   Slimani, Nadia ^h   Rinaldi, Sabina ^h   Mouw, Traci ^c   Rohrmann, Sabine ⁱ   Hermann, Silke ⁱ   Boeing, Heiner ^f   Bergmann, Manuela M ^f   Jakobsen, Marianne Uhre ^j   Overvad, Kim ^j,k   Wareham, Nicholas J ^e   Gonzalez, Carlos ^d   Tjonneland, Anne ^l   Halkjaer, Jytte ^l   Key, Timothy J ^m   Spencer, Elizabeth A ^m   Hellstrom, Veronica ⁿ   Manjer, Jonas ^o   Hedblad, Bo ^o   Lund, Eiliv ^p   Braaten, Tonje ^p   Clavel Chapelon, Françoise ^q,r   Boutron Ruault, Marie Christine ^q,r   Rodríguez, Laudina ^s   Sánchez, Maria J ^t,ac   Dorronsoro, Miren ^u   Barricarte, Aurelio ^v   Huerta, Jose Maria ^w   Naska, Androniki ^g   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^g   Palli, Domenico ^x   Pala, Valeria ^y   Norat, Teresa ^c   Mattiello, Amalia ^z   Tumino, Rosario ^aa   Van Der A, Daphne ^b   Bueno De Mesquita, H Bas ^b   Riboli, Elio ^c   Peeters, Petra Hm ^a,c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^f GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^g HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^h INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

ⁱ GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^j AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^k AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^l INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^o LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^q INSERM   (France)

^r INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^s Health and Health Care Services Council   (Spain)

^t ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^u Public Health Department of Gipuzkoa   (Spain)

^v INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^w Murciaand CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública   (Spain)

^x CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^y NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^z UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^aa CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^ac CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Lost to follow up; Non participation; Non response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESTAURANTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84866506718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-148     Document Type: Article

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