Small-area estimation and prioritizing communities for tobacco control efforts in Massachusetts

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 470-479

  Li, Wenjun ^b   Land, Thomas ^a   Zhang, Zi ^a   Keithly, Lois ^a   Kelsey, Jennifer L ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS; TIME; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 61549122006     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.130112     Document Type: Article

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