Quality, Rigour and Usefulness of Free-Text Comments Collected by a Large Population Based Longitudinal Study - ALSWH

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Rich, Jane Louise ^a   Chojenta, Catherine ^a   Loxton, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TIME; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK CAPACITY;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84880082307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068832     Document Type: Article

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