Response rates to a mailed survey targetting childhood cancer survivors: A comparison of conditional versus unconditional incentives

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1330-1332

  Rosoff, Philip M ^a,b,d   Werner, Cary ^b   Clipp, Elizabeth C ^a,c,e   Guill, Ann Bebe ^b,d   Bonner, Melanie ^b,d   Demark Wahnefried, Wendy ^a,b  

^a DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*

^c School of Nursing and Department of Medicine

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Veterans Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; NORTH CAROLINA; PARENTS; POSTAL SERVICE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVORS; TOKEN ECONOMY;

EID: 18544388687     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0716     Document Type: Review

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