Multidimensional profiles of health status: An application of the grade of membership model to the world health survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Andreotti, Alessandra ^a   Minicuci, Nadia ^a   Kowal, Paul ^b   Chatterji, Somnath ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84887212499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004426     Document Type: Article

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