Survey non-response in an internet-mediated, longitudinal autism research study

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 668-673

  Kalb, Luther G ^a   Cohen, Cheryl ^a   Lehmann, Harold ^b   Law, Paul ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNET; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865190312     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-000863     Document Type: Article

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