Assessing and forecasting population health: Integrating knowledge and beliefs in a comprehensive framework

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 778-789

  Van Meijgaard, Jeroen ^a   Fielding, Jonathan E ^a   Kominski, Gerald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORECASTING; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KNOWLEDGE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74849110091     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400604     Document Type: Article

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