Selection and cross-cultural adaptation of health outcome measures

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-33

  Bentzen, Niels ^a   Christiansen, Terkel ^a   McColl, Elaine ^a   Meadows, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ambulatory care; cross cultural; general practitioner; health status; outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002684937     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814789809160783     Document Type: Article

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