Validation of a home safety questionnaire used in a randomised controlled trial

Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 180-183

  Watson, Micheal ^a   Kendrick, D ^a   Coupland, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0141783757     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.9.2.180     Document Type: Article

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