Obtaining cancer risk factor prevalence estimates in small areas: Combining data from two surveys

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 595-609

  Elliott, Michael R ^a   Davis, William W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System; Cigarette smoking; Dual frame estimation; Mammogram; National Health Interview Survey; Propensity scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444397758     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2005.05459.x     Document Type: Article

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