German health interview and examination survey for adults (DEGS) - Design, objectives and implementation of the first data collection wave

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Scheidt Nave, Christa ^a   Kamtsiuris, Panagiotis ^a   Göwald, Antje ^a   Hölling, Heike ^a   Lange, Michael ^a   Busch, Markus A ^a   Dahm, Stefan ^a   Dölle, Rüdiger ^a   Ellert, Ute ^a   Fuchs, Judith ^a   Hapke, Ulfert ^a   Heidemann, Christin ^a   Knopf, Hildtraud ^a   Laussmann, Detlef ^a   Mensink, Gert B M ^a   Neuhauser, Hannelore ^a   Richter, Almut ^a   Sass, Anke Christine ^a   Rosario, Angelika Schaffrath ^a   Stolzenberg, Heribert ^a   Thamm, Michael ^a   Kurth, Bärbel Maria ^a   more..

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Examination; Follow up; Germany; Health; Indicators; Population; Survey; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84865548190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-730     Document Type: Article

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