Measuring health behaviors and landline telephones: Potential coverage bias in a low-income, rural population

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-502

  Shebl, Fatma ^a,b   Poppell, Carolyn F ^a,b   Zhan, Min ^a   Dwyer, Diane M ^b   Hopkins, Annette B ^a,b   Groves, Carmela ^b   Reed, Faye ^c   Devadason, C ^c   Steinberger, Eileen K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c Charles County Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; COLON TUMOR; COLONOSCOPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL POPULATION; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049097884     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400406     Document Type: Article

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