Persistence pays off: Follow-up methods for difficult-to-track longitudinal samples

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 751-761

  Kleschinsky, John H ^a   Bosworth, Leslie B ^a   Nelson, Sarah E ^a,b   Walsh, Erinn K ^a   Shaffer, Howard O J ^a,b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RECIDIVISM; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 70349232774     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2009.70.751     Document Type: Article

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