Recruitment for a panel study of Australian retirees: Issues in recruiting from rare and nonenumerated populations

Research on Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-64

  Wells, Yvonne ^a   Petralia, Walter ^a   De Vaus, David ^a   Kendig, Hal ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; ORGANIZATION; PENSIONER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVACY; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING;

EID: 0037213497     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027502238342     Document Type: Article

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