The Georgian adolescent health survey: Methodological and strategic issues

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-62

  Michaud, Pierre André ^a,d   Pagava, Karaman ^b   Phagava, Helen ^c   Abashidze, Giorgi ^b   Chanturishvili, Teimuraz ^c   Jeannin, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b TBILISI STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Eastern Europe; Georgia; Health; Methods; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA BASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 31144468348     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-005-0007-7     Document Type: Article

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