Feasibility of using web surveys to collect time-activity data

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-125

  Wu, Xiangmei ^a   Bennett, Deborah H ^a   Lee, Kiyoung ^b   Cassady, Diana L ^a   Ritz, Beate ^c   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

exposure assessment; survey compliance; telephone survey; time activity; websurvey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEPHONE; TIME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECORDS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEPHONE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857356475     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2011.23     Document Type: Article

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