The impact of attrition on the representativeness of cohort studies of older people

BACKGROUND: There are well-established risk factors, such as lower education, for attrition of study participants. Consequently, the representativeness of the cohort in a longitudinal study may deteriorate over time. Death is a common form of attrition in cohort studies of older people. The aim of t...

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Autores principales: Brilleman, Samuel L, Pachana, Nancy A, Dobson, Annette J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2927605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20687909
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-10-71

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2927605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20687909
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-10-71

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