The methods and meanings of collaborative team research

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 285-297

  Houston, Serin D ^a   Hyndman, Jennifer ^b   McLean, James ^b   Jamal, Arif ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Canada Border Services Agency   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative team research; Focus groups; Household interviews; Ismailis; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749116669     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800409346411     Document Type: Article

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