Old and new cluster designs in emergency field surveys: In search of a one-fits-all solution

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bilukha, Oleg O ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH SURVEY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 47649083514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-7     Document Type: Review

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