The Western Australian Register of Childhood Multiples: Effects of Questionnaire Design and Follow-up Protocol on Response Rates and Representativeness

Twin Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-161

  Hansen, Janice ^a   Alessandri, Phyllis T ^a   Croft, Maxine L ^a   Burton, Paul R ^b   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CASE FINDING; CHILD; COOPERATION; DOCUMENTATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REVIEW;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TWIN STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1942499475     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905204323016131     Document Type: Review

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