Category: mobile examination center

NHANES’ MEC Collects Health Data

Faye McDonald Smith The Mobile Exam Center (MEC) is an important part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which, since 1999, is conducted annually to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. NHANES conducts interviews at the home and exams at the MEC. These data Read More >

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Mobile Examination Centers Measure America’s Health

NHANES Mobile Examination Center

Thousands of subjects, tens of thousands of miles, and nearly two years after it began, NCHS’s latest journey to map the health of the American public is slowly drawing to a close. In late-January 2013, the mobile examination centers of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) will pause while staff members complete their last interviews and Read More >

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