Nevertheless, our samples should not be considered representative of the general US population, and only, at best, an approximate sampling of membership within each of the illness panels.
The sample was derived from the General Panel, the Mommies Sub-Panel, and the Chronic Illness Sub-Panel of Harris Interactive (Rochester, NY), an international market research and consulting firm.
(The Mommies and Chronic Illness Sub-Panels are part of The Harris Poll online panel.
Alcohol misuse contributes to many illnesses, the panel said, including hypertension, liver disease and breast and esophageal cancers.
The sample was derived from the General Panel, Mommies Sub-Pandl, and Chronic Illness Sub-Panel of Harris Interactive.
Harris Interactive generally achieves a 15%to20%0% response rate when using the Chronic Illness Sub-Panel.
The Chronic Illness Sub-Panel identifies respondents (or household members) who have been diagnosed with at least 1 of more than 44 chronic medical conditions, including skin conditions.
The jury had not met since last Tuesday, when members were excused because of an illness on the panel.
In making the award Jo Brand hailed it as "one of the best books about mental illness" and her panel as a whole praised the book as "so good it will make you feel a better person".
Joellen Stone, a client of the department trained to help others with mental illness, told the panel that the people she counsels are living in "utter poverty — in apartments with bed bugs and rats and drug dealers in the hall".
