National weighting of data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-12

  Iachan, Ronaldo ^a   Pierannunzi, Carol ^b   Healey, Kristie ^a   Greenlund, Kurt J ^b   Town, Machell ^b  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

BRFSS; Survey sampling; Weighting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DATA MINING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DATA MINING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84999143783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-016-0255-7     Document Type: Article

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