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The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a unique, state-based surveillance system currently active in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and three territories of the United States (hereafter, all referred to as “states”). For almost two decades, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with state health departments, has conducted telephone surveys of the civilian, noninstitutionalised adult population (persons aged 18 years or older) as a part of this system to estimate the prevalence of behaviours linked to specific health problems.
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Holtzman, D. (2003). Analysis and Interpretation of Data from the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) . In: McQueen, D.V., Puska, P. (eds) Global Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0071-1_5
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