Discrepancy among Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Social Security, and functional disability measurement
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The Hawaii Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
2 Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge the adult residents of Hawaii who voluntarily participated in the HBRFSS. Without their participation this report as well as other studies derived from HBRFSS would not have been made possible. We would also like to thank staff at the Department of Health especially Dr. Alvin T. Onaka, Chief of Office of Health Status Monitoring (OHSM) and OHSM sta...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Disability and Health Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1936-6574
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2011.08.004