Sampling and recruitment methodology for a national eye health survey of Indigenous Australians

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 554-562

  Fox, Sarah ^a,b   Arnold, Anna Lena ^a,b   Dunn, Ross ^a   Keeffe, Jill ^a,c   Taylor, Hugh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Vision Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eye health; Indigenous; Recruitment; Sampling; Survey

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION TESTS; VISION, LOW;

EID: 79952276663     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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