Electronic mail was not better than postal mail for surveying residents and faculty

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 425-429

  Akl, Elie A ^a,b   Maroun, Nancy ^b   Klocke, Robert A ^a   Montori, Victor ^c   Schünemann, Holger J ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic mail; Faculty; Internet; Postal mail; Residents; Survey techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 18044394443     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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