Selection Bias Due to Loss to Follow Up in Cohort Studies

Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 91-97

  Howe, Chanelle J ^a   Cole, Stephen R ^b   Lau, Bryan ^c   Napravnik, Sonia ^b,d   Eron, Joseph J ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CENSORSHIP; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTION BIAS; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; NORTH CAROLINA; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PROBABILITY; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84949626344     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000409     Document Type: Article

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