Attrition analysed in five waves of a longitudinal yearly survey of smokers: Findings from the ITC Netherlands survey

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 693-699

  Zethof, Dennis ^a   Nagelhout, Gera E ^b   De Rooij, Mark ^a   Driezen, Pete ^c   Fong, Geoffrey T ^c,d   Van Den Putte, Bas ^e,f   Hummel, Karin ^b   De Vries, Hein ^b   Thompson, Mary E ^c   Willemsen, Marc C ^b,g  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^g Dutch Alliance for a Smokefree Society   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT DROPOUT; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKERS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84984694204     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw037     Document Type: Article

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