Health surveys via the internet: Quick and dirty or rapid and robust?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 356-359

  Fischbacher, Colin ^c   Chappel, David ^a   Edwards, Richard ^c   Summerton, Nick ^b  

^a Newcastle and N Tyneside Hlth A   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033911787     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107680009300705     Document Type: Review

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