Assessment of weighting methodology for the national comorbidity survey

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 439-449

  Little, R J A ^a   Lewitzky, S ^a   Heeringa, S ^a   Lepkowski, J ^a   Kessler, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Mental health; Selection bias; Study design; Weighting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030796713     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009297     Document Type: Article

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