Denominator Issues for Personally Generated Data in Population Health Monitoring

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 549-553

  Chunara, Rumi ^a,b   Wisk, Lauren E ^c,d   Weitzman, Elissa R ^c,d  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POPULATION RISK; SELECTION BIAS; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION HEALTH; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; POPULATION HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 85008450532     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.10.038     Document Type: Article

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