Reasons why mystery shopping is a useful and justifiable research method

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 7303, 2004, Pages 746-747

  Norris, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG MARKETING; ETHICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NEPAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444251517     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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