Designing and testing questionnaires for children

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 461-469

  Bell, Alice ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive testing; Data quality; Questionnaire design; Research with children

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249122959     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744987107079616     Document Type: Review

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