Response bias in a study of general practice.

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Published in Fam Pract on March 01, 1988

Authors

J Cockburn1, E Campbell, J J Gordon, R W Sanson-Fisher

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Medicine, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

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