Should postal epidemiological studies stop doing third mailings?: Examination of response bias in a health survey of women in the UK

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 104-110

  Elliott, A M ^a   Hannaford, P C ^a   Simpson, J A ^a   Warskyj, M ^a   Ferry, S ^a   Owen Smith, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data collection; Epidemiological methods; Health surveys; Questionnaires; Response bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL DISEASE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0034802607     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814780109080870     Document Type: Article

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