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. 1998 May 2;316(7141):1379-82.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7141.1379.

Epidemiological issues in health needs assessment

R Williams  1 , J Wright
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Epidemiological issues in health needs assessment

R Williams et al. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Components of health needs assessment. Modified from Stevens and Raftery
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Figure 2
Classification of hypertension by systolic blood pressure shows the continuum from normal to abnormal
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Figure 3
Prevalence pool
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Figure 4
Attributes of a health problem that influence the size of the population for needs assessment
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