The value of conducting door-to-door surveys

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 285-302

  Hillier, Amy ^a   Cannuscio, Carolyn C ^b   Griffin, Latifah ^a   Thomas, Nicole ^b   Glanz, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

community based participatory research (CBPR); door to door; health survey; in person; Philadelphia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901650462     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: 14645300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2012.733173     Document Type: Article

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