An algorithm to assess methodological quality of nutrition and mortality cross-sectional surveys: Development and application to surveys conducted in Darfur, Sudan

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Prudhon, Claudine ^a   de Radiguès, Xavier ^a   Dale, Nancy ^b   Checchi, Francesco ^c  

^a Health and Nutrition Tracking Service   (Switzerland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CORRELATION; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SAMPLING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUDAN;

DARFUR; SUDAN;

EID: 80655141673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-9-57     Document Type: Article

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