Comparing reports of health-seeking behavior from the integrated illness history and a Standard child morbidity survey

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-62

  Yount, Kathryn M ^a   Gittelsohn, Joel ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calendar method; Child survival; Illness narratives; Mixed methods reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449134895     PISSN: 15586898     EISSN: 15586901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1558689807309083     Document Type: Article

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