Response rates in postal surveys of healthcare professionals between 1996 and 2005: an observational study.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on September 14, 2009

Authors

Julia V Cook1, Heather O Dickinson, Martin P Eccles

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1: Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AA, UK. J.V.F.Cook@ncl.ac.uk

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