The effect of mode and context on survey results: Analysis of data from the health survey for England 2006 and the boost survey for London

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tipping, Sarah ^a   Hope, Steven ^a   Pickering, Kevin ^a   Erens, Bob ^a   Roth, Marilyn A ^b   Mindell, Jennifer S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPHARMACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BELGIUM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POLYPHARMACY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77957144830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-84     Document Type: Article

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