Variation in mortality patterns among the general population, study participants, and different types of nonparticipants: Evidence from 25 years of follow-up

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 180, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1028-1035

  Bopp, Matthias ^a   Braun, Julia ^a   Faeh, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health survey; Nonparticipation bias; Refusal; Study population; Swiss National Cohort

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY RISK; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND; TRENDS;

SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CENSUSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84911449261     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu226     Document Type: Article

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