Can lifestyle surveys survive a low response rate?

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1382-1383

  Owen Smith, V ^a   Burgess Allen, J ^a   Lavelle, K ^a   Wilding, E ^a  

^a Stockport Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; LIFESTYLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVEY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; POSTAL MAIL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIAL ATTITUDE;

ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 55949122919     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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