The use of capture-recapture methods in public health

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 845-

  Laska, Eugene M ^a  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0036439968     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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