The use of income information of census enumeration area as a proxy for the household income in a household survey

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 14-

  Gomes, Fabio S ^a,b   Vasconcellos, Mauricio T L ^a   Anjos, Luiz A ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E ESTATÍSTICA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 70449512101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-7-14     Document Type: Article

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