Estimating health conditions for small areas: Asthma symptom prevalence for state legislative districts

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6 P2, 2007, Pages 2389-2409

  Mendez Luck, Carolyn A ^a   Yu, Hongjian ^b   Meng, Ying Ying ^b   Jhawar, Mona ^c   Wallace, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Health policy; Small area estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35948966287     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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