Has the national do not call registry helped or hurt state-level response rates?: A time series analysis

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 794-809

  Link, Michael W ^a   Mokdad, Ali H ^a   Kulp, Dale ^b   Hyon, Ashley ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b Marketing Systems Group

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EID: 33845749517     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfl030     Document Type: Article

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