Methodological issues associated with collecting sensitive information over the telephone - Experience from an Australian non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) prevalence study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Taylor, Anne W ^a   Martin, Graham ^b   Dal Grande, Eleonora ^a   Swannell, Sarah ^b   Fullerton, Simon ^a   Hazell, Philip ^c   Harrison, James E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951584984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-20     Document Type: Article

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