Evaluating Public Health Interventions: 4. The Nurses' Health Study and Methods for Eliminating Bias Attributable to Measurement Error and Misclassification.

• Autores: Donna Spiegelman
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 106, Nº. 9, 2016, págs. 1563-1566
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the 40th anniversary of the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) as of 2016 in relation to the author's views about public health interventions and methods for eliminating bias that is attributable to measurement error and misclassification. Controversies involving longitudinal cohort studies that use food frequency questionnaires to assess dietary intake over time are examined, along with various American epidemiological research methodologies.