Response rates and selection problems, with emphasis on mental health variables and DNA sampling, in large population-based, crosssectional and longitudinal studies of adolescents in Norway.
【作者】Bjertness, Espen ,Sagatun, Å,se ,Green, Kristian ,Lien, Lars ,Sø,gaard, Anne Johanne ,Selmer, Randi
【DOI】10.1186/1471-2458-10-602
【作者单位】1 Section for Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Box 1130 Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway. 2 Tibet University Medical College, No. 1 South Luobulinka Road, Lhasa, 850002 Tibet, China. 3 Research Department, Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway, Box 4623 Nydalen, 0405 Oslo, Norway. 4 Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Box 1130 Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway. 5 Innlandet Hospital Trust HF, DPS Gjøvik, Kyrre Grepps 22, 2819 Gjøvik, Norway. 6 Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Box 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway.
【年份】2010
【卷号】Vol.10 No.1
【页码】602-615
【ISSN】1471-2458
【摘要】 Background: Selection bias is a threat to the internal validity of epidemiological studies. In light of a growing number of studies which aim to provide DNA, as well as a considerable number of invitees who declined to participate, we discuss respons...