Open AccessState smoking prevalence estimates: a comparison of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and current population surveys.
Author(s) -
David R. Arday,
Scott L. Tomar,
David E. Nelson,
Robert Merritt,
Michael Schooley,
Paul Mowery
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.87.10.1665
Subject(s) - behavioral risk factor surveillance system , medicine , demography , environmental health , population , current population survey , behavioral risk , telephone survey , cigarette smoking , smoking prevalence , census , risk factor , business , marketing , sociology
This study examined whether there are systematic differences between the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and the Current Population Survey (CPS) for state cigarette smoking prevalence estimates.