Comparison of Interviewed and Non-Interviewed Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) Patients in the San Francisco Bay Area
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- 作者：Holly ; Elizabeth A. ; Gautam ; Manjushree ; Bracci ; Paige M.
- 关键词：MeSH Headings ; Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma ; Case-Control Studies ; Selection Bias ; Epidemiologic Research Design ; AIDS-Related Lymphoma
- 刊名：Annals of Epidemiology
- 出版年：2002
- 出版时间：August, 2002
- 年：2002
- 卷：12
- 期：6
- 页码：419-425
- 全文大小：70.5 K
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PURPOSE: To determine whether interviewed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) patients differed from non-interviewed NHL patients and to revise the population-based risk estimate for NHL associated with HIV infection in homosexual men in the San Francisco Bay Area. Differences between study participants and non-participants are a concern in epidemiologic studies. Recruitment techniques can be modified when nonparticipation is a result of subject refusal. However, the solutions for nonparticipation due to death are less clear, especially when rapid case ascertainment (RCA) is used to identify newly diagnosed patients.