Use of data linkage to measure the population health effect of non-health-care interventions

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9927, 2014, Pages 1517-1519

  Lyons, Ronan A ^a   Ford, David V ^a   Moore, Laurence ^b   Rodgers, Sarah E ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA LINKAGE SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL FALLACY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA LINKAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NON HEALTH CARE INTERVENTION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84899621977     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61750-X     Document Type: Note

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