Phone, Paper and Pencil, in Person: Methods of Data Collection for the '90s

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 434-438

  Scudds, Rhonda J ^a   Pederson, Linda L ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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