Survey research: A primer for hand surgery

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 893.e1-893.e11

  Lau, Frank H ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration; Design; Hand; Sampling; Survey

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; HAND SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOLOGY; SAMPLING;

EID: 25144447255     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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