Comparison of the sociodemographic characteristics of the large NutriNet-Santé e-cohort with French Census data: The issue of volunteer bias revisited

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 893-898

  Andreeva, Valentina A ^a   Salanave, Benoît ^b   Castetbon, Katia ^b   Deschamps, Valérie ^b   Vernay, Michel ^b   Kesse Guyot, Emmanuelle ^a   Hercberg, Serge ^a,b,c  

^a COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; CENSUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA; NUTRITION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

FRANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS; VERY ELDERLY; VOLUNTEER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CENSUSES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; VOLUNTEERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940860980     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-205263     Document Type: Article

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