Challenges and strategies for quantitative and qualitative field research in the United Arab Emirates

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1641-1645

  Aw, Tar Ching ^a   Zoubeidi, Taoufik ^a   Al Maskari, Fatma ^a   Blair, Iain ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Cancer; Population based; Qualitative and quantitative research; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858046879     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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