No evidence of response bias in a populationbased childhood cancer survivor questionnaire survey-Results from the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Rueegg, Corina S ^a,b   Gianinazzi, Micòl E ^c   Michel, Gisela ^a,c   Zwahlen, Marcel ^a   Von Der Weid, Nicolas X ^d   Kuehni, Claudia E ^a,e   Ammann, R ^e   Angst, R ^f   Ansari, M ^g   Beck Popovic, M ^h   Brazzola, P ⁱ   Greiner, J ^j   Grotzer, M ^k   Hengartner, H ^j   Kuehne, T ^d   Leibundgut, K ^a   Niggli, F ^k   Rischewski, J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^g GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^h LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Bellinzona Regional Hospital   (Switzerland)

^j CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; NONRESPONSE BIAS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; CHILD; INFANT; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS; SURVIVOR; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIAS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018985494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176442     Document Type: Article

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