A comparison of paper vs computer-assisted self interview for school alcohol, tobacco, and other drug surveys

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-155

  Hallfors, Denise ^a   Khatapoush, Shereen ^b   Kadushin, Charles ^b   Watson, Kim ^b   Saxe, Leonard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent substance use; Computer assisted surveys; Parental consent; School surveys; Substance abuse; Survey evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000511004     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7189(00)00011-2     Document Type: Article

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