Conducting a national survey of women's perinatal experiences in Canada: Sampling challenges

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 281-283

  Chalmers, Beverley ^a,b,e   Dzakpasu, Susie ^a   Heaman, Maureen ^a,c   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^a,d   Szakacs, Hajnal Molnar ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e McMaster University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care surveys; Women's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548509695     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405403     Document Type: Note

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