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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 136, No. 9: 1160-1166
Copyright © 1992 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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P. Michael Nordberg

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Minnesota Twin Cities Scoliosis-Spine Center, 2737 Chicago Avenue South, LL-200, Minneapolis, MN 55407

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The need for locating patients lost to follow-up is well known in epidemiologic research projects. This paper provides for the reader the basic tools, techniques, and methods that can be used to locate these patients. Am J Epidemiol 1992; 136: 1160–6

epidemiologic methods; follow-up studies; patient compliance; patient credit and collection; patient dropouts; patient participation; research personnel; social mobility


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