Association between recruitment methods and attrition in internet-based studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Bajardi, Paolo ^a,b   Paolotti, Daniela ^b   Vespignani, Alessandro ^b,c,d   Eames, Ken ^e   Funk, Sebastian ^e   Edmunds, W John ^e   Turbelin, Clement ^f,g   Debin, Marion ^f,g   Colizza, Vittoria ^b,f,g   Smallenburg, Ronald ^h   Koppeschaar, Carl ^h   Franco, Ana O ⁱ   Faustino, Vitor ⁱ   Carnahan, Annasara ^j   Rehn, Moa ^j   Merletti, Franco ^k   Douwes, Jeroen ^l   Firestone, Ridvan ^l   Richiardi, Lorenzo ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^h Aquisto Inter BV   (Netherlands)

ⁱ INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^j SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^l MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER NETWORK; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; ONLINE SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918501348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114925     Document Type: Article

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