Labour-saving strategies to maintain survey response rates: A randomised trial

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 394-396

  Ward, Jeanette ^a   Bruce, Tracey ^a   Holt, Phoebe ^a   D'Este, Kate ^b   Sladden, Michael ^c  

^a CSAHS Needs Assess Hlth O   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0031801155     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01398.x     Document Type: Article

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