Using small-area estimation method to calculate county-level prevalence of obesity in Mississippi, 2007-2009

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Lei ^b   Penman, Alan ^a   May, Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863887612     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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