The effect of seeking consent on the representativeness of patient cohorts: iron-deficiency anaemia and colorectal cancer.
AIM: The study aimed to establish the level of selection bias that may occur should individual patient consent be sought, by comparing characteristics of consenters and nonconsenters to a request for access to medical records within a cohort of patients diagnosed with iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA)....
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2011
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