Telephone coverage and measurement of health risk indicators: Data from the National Health Interview Survey

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1392-1395

  Anderson, John E ^a   Nelson, David E ^b   Wilson, Ronald W ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0031662332     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.9.1392     Document Type: Article

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