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Predictors of refusal to participate: a longitudinal health survey of the elderly in Australia

BACKGROUND: The loss of participants in longitudinal studies due to non-contact, refusal or death can introduce bias into the results of such studies. The study described here examines reasons for refusal over three waves of a survey of persons aged ≥ 70 years. METHODS: In a longitudinal study invol...

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Autores principales: Jacomb, Patricia A, Jorm, Anthony F, Korten, Ailsa E, Christensen, Helen, Henderson, A Scott
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC100783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11914148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-2-4