Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 6 , Pages 932-934 , June 2009

Patients may respond differently to paper and electronic versions of the same questionnaires

  • Elizabeth F. Juniper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 20 Marcuse Fields, Bosham, West Sussex PO18 8NA, England, UK. Tel.: +44 (0) 1243 572124; fax: +44 (0) 1243 573680.
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  • John M. Langlands

      Affiliations

    • Langlands and Associates Consulting, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Bridget A. Juniper

      Affiliations

    • QOL Technologies Ltd, Bosham, West Sussex, England, UK

Received 30 April 2008 ,Accepted 23 October 2008.

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PII: S0954-6111(08)00385-5

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.10.019

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 6 , Pages 932-934 , June 2009

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