Response rates in case-control studies of cancer by era of fieldwork and by characteristics of study design

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 385-391

  Xu, Mengting ^a,b   Richardson, Lesley ^a   Campbell, Sally ^a   Pintos, Javier ^a   Siemiatycki, Jack ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Case control studies; Epidemiologic methods; Participation rate; Response rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FIELD WORK; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MESOTHELIOMA; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SELECTION BIAS; STUDY DESIGN; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TYPES OF STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85046158315     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2018.04.001     Document Type: Article

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