Advantages and limitations of web-based surveys: Evidence from a child mental health survey

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-76

  Heiervang, Einar ^a   Goodman, Robert ^b  

^a Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health   (Norway)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associations; Mental health; Prevalence; Survey; Web based

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; NORWAY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORWAY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79251627406     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0171-9     Document Type: Article

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