Socio-economic differences in participation of households in a Belgian national health survey

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 981-985

  Demarest, Stefaan ^a   Van Der Heyden, Johan ^a   Charafeddine, Rana ^a   Tafforeau, Jean ^a   Van Oyen, Herman ^a   Van Hal, Guido ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890493319     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks158     Document Type: Review

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