Response rates to a mailed survey of a representative sample of cancer patients randomly drawn from the Pennsylvania Cancer Registry: A randomized trial of incentive and length effects

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kelly, Bridget J ^a   Fraze, Taressa K ^b   Hornik, Robert C ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; COLON TUMOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTAL MAIL; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PENNSYLVANIA; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTAL SERVICE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 77955583970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-65     Document Type: Article

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