Cancer patients' participation in population-based health surveys: Findings from the HUNT studies Cancer

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Fosså, Sophie D ^a,b   Dahl, Alv A ^a,b   Langhammer, Arnulf ^c   Weedon Fekjær, Harald ^d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age; Cancer patients; HUNT studies; Participation rates; Population based surveys; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946210655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1635-5     Document Type: Article

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