A methodological approach to small area estimation for the behavioral risk factor surveillance system

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Pierannunzi, Carol ^a   Xu, Fang ^b   Wallace, Robyn C ^c   Garvin, William ^b   Greenlund, Kurt J ^b   Bartoli, William ^c   Ford, Derek ^d   Eke, Paul ^b   Machell Town, G ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Northrup Grumman   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; MISSOURI; PREVALENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84981288333     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd13.150480     Document Type: Article

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