Reliability and validity of measures from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages

  Nelson, David E ^a   Holtzman, Deborah ^a   Bolen, Julie ^a   Stanwyck, Carol A ^a   Mack, Karin A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Behavioral surveillance; Public health; Reliability; Risk factors; United States; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST EXAMINATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035704773     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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