Response patterns to a postal survey using a cervical screening register as the sampling frame

Public Health

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 508-512

  Olowokure, B ^a   Caswell, M ^a   Duggal, H V ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical screening register; Early respondents; Non respondents; Postal survey; Response patterns

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL ASPECT; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4544219522     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2003.12.013     Document Type: Article

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