Inclusion of people with disabilities in telephone health surveillance surveys

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 512-517

  Kinne, Susan ^a,b   Topolski, Tari D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CDPR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TELEPHONE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CENSUSES; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 14644424628     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.040881     Document Type: Review

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