Assessment of applicability of standardized rates for health state comparison among areas: 2008 community health survey

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-184

  Kwon, Geun Yong ^a   Lim, Do Sang ^b   Park, Eun Ja ^c   Jung, Ji Sun ^a   Kang, Ki Won ^a   Kim, Yun A ^b   Kim, Ho ^a   Cho, Sung Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Center for Diease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^c Korea institute for Health and Social Affairs   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Health surveys; Population characteristics; Standardization

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953656008     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2010.43.2.174     Document Type: Article

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