Editing data: What difference do consistency checks make?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 921-926

  Bauer, Ursula E ^a   Johnson, Tammie M ^a  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Data interpretation, statistical; Epidemiologic methods; Prevalence; Students; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; STUDENT; TOBACCO;

EID: 0034190440     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010296     Document Type: Article

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