Predictors of two forms of attrition in a longitudinal health study involving ageing participants: An analysis based on the Whitehall II study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mein, Gill ^a   Johal, Suneeta ^a   Grant, Robert L ^a   Seale, Clive ^b   Ashcroft, Richard ^c   Tinker, Anthea ^d  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attrition; Longitudinal studies; Older people; Retention; Whitehall II study

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84867895765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-164     Document Type: Article

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