The need for directly measured health data in Canada;Le besoin de mesures concrètes de la santé au Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 165-168

  Tremblay, Mark ^a  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHRITIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HEALTH STATUS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; CANADA; CHILD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2942704128     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403640     Document Type: Editorial

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