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Citation Format for the Model-Based Small Area Estimates

Citation for the content of the Web site

Citation format: Model-Based Small Area Estimates of Cancer Risk Factors & Screening Behaviors [homepage on the Internet]. National Cancer Institute (U.S.); [cited date]. page name. Available from: page url.

Sample citation: Model-Based Small Area Estimates of Cancer Risk Factors & Screening Behaviors [homepage on the Internet]. National Cancer Institute (U.S.); [cited 2010 March 1]. Methodology for the Model-Based Small Area Estimates. Available from: http://sae.cancer.gov/understanding/methodology.html.

Citations for the estimates

Model-based Small Area Estimates

Database citation: Small Area Estimates for Cancer Risk Factors & Screening Behaviors. National Cancer Institute, DCCPS, Statistical Methodology & Applications Branch, released May 2010 (sae.cancer.gov). Underlying data provided by Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/) and National Health Interview Survey (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm).

Methods citation: Raghunathan TE, Xie D, Schenker N, Parsons V, Davis WW, Dodd KW, Feuer EJ. Combining Information from Two Surveys to Estimate County Level Prevalence Rates of Cancer Risk Factors & Screening. J Am Stat Assoc Jun 2007;102(478):474-86.

Using the estimates for research purposes

If you use the model-based small area estimates for research papers, we request that you send a manuscript of any papers before their release to the Small Area Estimates Web Staff. This is only for information on how the estimates are being used, not for approval purposes. Also, we request that you cite the use of the model-based estimates using the format provided.