Examining non-response bias in substance use research-Are late respondents proxies for non-respondents?

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 316-323

  Studer, Joseph ^a   Baggio, Stéphanie ^a   Mohler Kuo, Meichun ^b   Dermota, Petra ^b   Gaume, Jacques ^a,c   Bertholet, Nicolas ^a   Daeppen, Jean Bernard ^a   Gmel, Gerhard ^a,d,e,f  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SWISS INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROBLEMS   (Switzerland)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early respondent; Later respondent; Non response bias; Substance use; Young men

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FRENCH LANGUAGE; GERMAN; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NONRESPONSE BIAS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EARLY RESPONDENT; LATER RESPONDENT; NON-RESPONSE BIAS; SUBSTANCE USE; YOUNG MEN;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO USE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881664058     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.02.029     Document Type: Article

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