Changing response rates from Māori and non-Māori in national sleep health surveys

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1328, 2011, Pages 52-63

  Fink, Jo W ^a   Paine, Sarah Jane ^a   Gander, Philippa H ^a   Harris, Ricci B ^b   Purdie, Gordon ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; NONRESPONSE BIAS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TELEPHONE; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 78951483976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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