Comparison of health estimates between Victorian Population Health Surveys and National Health Surveys

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 645-648

  Serraglio, Adrian ^a   Carson, Norman ^a   Ansari, Zahid ^a  

^a Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GENDER; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TELEPHONE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VICTORIA;

EID: 0348231646     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00614.x     Document Type: Article

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