Non-compliance and instrumental variables in behavioural medicine: A Commentary on van Dongen et al.

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-138

  Ferguson, Eamonn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879409429     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-012-9460-8     Document Type: Note

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