Survey design in orthopaedic surgery: Getting surgeons to respond

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages 27-34

  Sprague, Sheila ^a   Quigley, Laura ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E-MAIL; ESTHETICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; TELEPHONE; ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORTHOPEDICS;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 66349091312     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01574     Document Type: Review

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