The use of focus groups in pediatric and adolescent research

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 104-110

  Peterson Sweeney, Kathleen ^a,b,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING HABIT; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 14744271200     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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