Non-response in a cross-sectional study of respiratory health in Norway

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Abrahamsen, Regine ^a,b   Svendsen, Martin Veel ^a   Henneberger, Paul K ^c   Gundersen, Gølin Finckenhagen ^a   Torén, Kjell ^d   Kongerud, Johny ^b,e   Fell, Anne Kristin Møller ^a  

^a TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; ASTHMA; BRESLOW DAY TEST; CHRONIC COUGH; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST; E-MAIL; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUME; GAS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; NOSE ALLERGY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN; PRODUCTIVE COUGH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; VAPOR; WHEEZING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; COUGH; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; SELECTION BIAS; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; SELECTION BIAS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960145432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009912     Document Type: Article

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