Mail Survey Return Rates Published in Health Education Journals: An Issue of External Validity

American Journal of Health Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-23

  Price, James H ^a   Murnan, Judy ^a   Dake, Joseph A ^b   Dimmig, Jaime ^a   Hayes, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 17444401195     PISSN: 19325037     EISSN: 21683751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19325037.2004.10603600     Document Type: Article

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