Internet surveys with adolescents: Promising methods and methodologic challenges

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 293-304

  Sutter, Erika ^a   Klein, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 49249095915     PISSN: 19344287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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