The Australian longitudinal study on male health sampling design and survey weighting: implications for analysis and interpretation of clustered data

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue , 2016, Pages 15-22

  Spittal, Matthew J ^a   Carlin, John B ^a,b   Currier, Dianne ^a   Downes, Marnie ^b,c   English, Dallas R ^a   Gordon, Ian ^d   Pirkis, Jane ^a   Gurrin, Lyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84994008679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3699-0     Document Type: Article

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