Community exposure to hazardous waste disposal sites: assessing reporting bias.
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Summary
Hypochondriasis scores were associated with symptom reports regardless of location of residence while an individual's opinion showed a different pattern by area of residence, and attention is called to the need to develop measures sensitive to reporting bias in epidemiologic studies.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 1985-09-01
- Cited by
- 90
- References
- 12
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Keywords
Residence, Respondent, Hazardous waste, Environmental health, Reporting bias
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