A scale of valuations of states of illness: Is there a social consensus?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1978, Pages 347-358

  Rosser, Rachel ^a   Kind, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0018237221     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/7.4.347     Document Type: Article

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