Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 319-328 , April 2002

Attrition in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: The effect of differential inclusion in side studies

  • Dorly J.H. Deeg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Institute of Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Faculty of Medicine/LASA, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 20 444 6767; fax: +31 20 444 6775. E-mail address:(D.J.H. Deeg)
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  • Theo van Tilburg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Research Methodology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Johannes H. Smit

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology and Social Gerontology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Edith D. de Leeuw

      Affiliations

    • MethodikA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 15 October 1999 ,Revised 26 October 2000 ,Accepted 21 November 2000.

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☆ Editor's Note: This manuscript and the one that follows conclude a series of five related papers. The first three papers appeared in the March issue.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 319-328 , April 2002

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