Effects of personal salutations in e-mail invitations to participate in a web survey

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 588-598

  Heerwegh, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 27944501186     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfi053     Document Type: Review

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