How to find Chinese research participants: Use of a phonologically based surname search method

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 138-142

  Tjam, Erin Yuet ^a,b  

^a St Mary's General Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINESE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; PHONETICS; POPULATION; POPULATION GROWTH; SAMPLING; TELEPHONE; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035014160     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404948     Document Type: Article

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