Adjusting national health and nutrition examination survey sample weights for women of childbearing age

Vital and Health Statistics, Series 2: Data Evaluation and Methods Research

Volumn , Issue 157, 2013, Pages

  Parker, Jennifer ^a   Branum, Amy ^a   Axelrad, Daniel ^b   Cohen, Jonathan ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct adjustment; Indicators; NHANES; Summary measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878381309     PISSN: 00832057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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