Online and offline recruitment of young women for a longitudinal health survey: Findings from the australian longitudinal study on women's health 1989-95 cohort

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Loxton, Deborah ^a   Powers, Jennifer ^a   Anderson, Amy E ^a   Townsend, Natalie ^a   Harris, Melissa L ^b   Tuckerman, Ryan ^b   Pease, Stephanie ^b   Mishra, Gita ^a   Byles, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Longitudinal studies; Social media; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930361430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4261     Document Type: Article

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