Incentives to increase participation in an internet survey of alcohol use: A controlled experiment

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 437-441

  Kypri, Kypros ^a   Gallagher, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; E-MAIL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0041828233     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agg107     Document Type: Article

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