Data needs and uses for older adult health surveillance: Perspectives from state health agencies

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Maylahn, Christopher ^a   Alongi, Sam ^b   Alongi, Jeanne ^c   Moore, Margaret J ^d   Anderson, Lynda A ^d,e  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Third Sector Strategies ^*  (United States)

^c Association of State and Territorial Chronic Disease Program Directors   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747399854     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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