doi: 10.1093/ageing/16.2.119.
Identifying a sample of elderly people by a postal screen
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- DOI: 10.1093/ageing/16.2.119
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Identifying a sample of elderly people by a postal screen
Age Ageing.
1987 Mar.
Abstract
This paper describes how a sample of elderly people were identified from the electoral register using an initial postal screen, and reports a technique that was used to increase the response to the screen.
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