Is the SF-36 a valid measure of change in population health? Results from the Whitehall II study

BMJ

Volumn 315, Issue 7118, 1997, Pages 1273-1279

  Stafford, Mai ^a   Stansfeld, Stephen ^a   Shipley, Martin ^a   Marmot, Michael ^a   Hemingway, Harry ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Kensington and Chelsea   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030696356     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7118.1273     Document Type: Article

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