Predictors of response rates to a long term follow-up mail out survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Koloski, Natasha A ^a   Jones, Michael ^b   Eslick, Guy ^c   Talley, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROSIS; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPONSE RATE; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892589605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079179     Document Type: Article

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