Assessment of non-response bias in estimates of alcohol consumption: Applying the continuum of resistance model in a general population survey in England

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Boniface, Sadie ^a   Scholes, Shaun ^b   Shelton, Nicola ^b   Connor, Jennie ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BINGE DRINKING; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONRESPONSE BIAS; PREVALENCE; REMISSION; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICAL BIAS; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODDS RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011268657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170892     Document Type: Article

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