The design effect and cluster samples: Optimising tuberculosis prevalence surveys

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1110-1115

  Williams, B ^a   Gopi, P G ^b   Borgdorff, M W ^c   Yamada, N ^d   Dye, C ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^c KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cluster sample; Design effect; Prevalence; Survey; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAMBODIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLING STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 53549117759     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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