Questionnaires: The use and abuse of social survey methods in medical research

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 885, 1999, Pages 397-400

  Eaden, Jayne ^a   Mayberry, Margaret K ^a   Mayberry, John F ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Questionnaires; Research methods

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; MARKETING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032769559     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.885.397     Document Type: Short Survey

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