Applying a timeline as a recall aid in a telephone survey: A record check study

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-238

  Van Der Vaart, Wander ^a   Glasner, Tina ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEPHONE; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 33947220934     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1338     Document Type: Article

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