Use of a web-based questionnaire in the Black Women's health study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1286-1291

  Russell, Cordelia W ^a   Boggs, Deborah A ^a   Palmer, Julie R ^a   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; data collection; follow up studies; Internet; questionnaires; women

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; INTERNET; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DIET SURVEYS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTAL SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 78649652556     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq310     Document Type: Article

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