Effect of participation incentives on the composition of national health surveys

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 870-873

  Moyer, Anne ^a   Brown, Margaret ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Monetary incentives; Survey research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REWARD;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 51649105418     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105308095059     Document Type: Article

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