Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 318-321 , April 2010

The Impact of Attrition in an 11-Year Prospective Longitudinal Study of Younger Women

  • Jennifer Powers, MMedStats

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jennifer Powers, Priority Research Centre for Gender, Health and Ageing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia. Tel.: 61-2-49138884.
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  • Deborah Loxton, PhD

Received 2 December 2009 ,Accepted 3 January 2010.

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PII: S1047-2797(10)00003-7

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.01.002

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 318-321 , April 2010

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