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. 1980 May;30(214):279–282.

Health diaries: a method of collecting health information

C B Freer
PMCID: PMC2159533  PMID: 7441621

Abstract

This paper reviews the use of health diaries, gives some examples of the type of information that can be collected by them, and discusses their potential in general practice research.

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