Random digit dialing in selecting a population-based control group.

American journal of epidemiology ·Vol. 120 ·No. 6 ·1984-12-00 ·Pages 825-33

Hartge P, Brinton LA, Rosenthal JF, Cahill JI, Hoover RN, Waksberg J

Abstract

Results are described from four epidemiologic studies in the United States which used random digit dialing in over 30,000 households to identify controls from the general population for use in case-control studies. Methods and problems in telephone sampling are discussed. It is concluded that if complete population rosters are unavailable and if the population to be sampled has the high rates of telephone ownership typical of much of the United States, telephone-based sampling can yield a nearly random sample of the individuals in a population, often at much less expense than can dwelling-based sampling.

MeSH Terms

Adolescent Adult Aged Child Child, Preschool Female Health Status Humans Income Lymphoma/epidemiology Male Middle Aged Random Allocation Rural Population Sampling Studies T-Lymphocytes Telephone Thyroid Neoplasms/epidemiology United States Urban Population Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/epidemiology Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/epidemiology

Authors & Affiliations

6 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Hartge P

Brinton L A

Rosenthal J F

Cahill J I

Hoover R N

Waksberg J

Article Info

Journal

American journal of epidemiology

Abbr.

Am J Epidemiol

ISSN

0002-9262

DOI

10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113955

Published

1984-12-00

Pages

825-33

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7910653

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113955 View journal details

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