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We tested the hypothesis that an additional effort to increase the response rate would diminish selection bias in a community-based cohort study. In the Leiden 85-plus Study, all subjects of the town of Leiden who had reached their 85th birthday were informed of the study by mail and then asked to participate by telephone. In an additional recruitment stage, those subjects who did not participate...
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