Potential use of telephone surveys for non-communicable disease surveillance in developing countries: evidence from a national household survey in Lebanon

BACKGROUND: Given the worldwide proliferation of cellphones, this paper examines their potential use for the surveillance of non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors in a Middle Eastern country. METHODS: Data were derived from a national household survey of 2,656 adults (aged 18 years or older) i...

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Autores principales: Sibai, Abla M., Ghandour, Lilian A., Chaaban, Rawan, Mokdad, Ali H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4888591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27245163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-016-0160-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4888591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27245163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-016-0160-0

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