Readying a US measure of health status, the SF-36, for use in Canada

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 224-238

  Wood Dauphinee, Sharon ^a,f   Gauthier, Louise ^b   Gandek, Barbara ^c   Magnan, Lise ^b,d   Pierre, Uriel ^e  

^a Sch of Phys and Occup Therapy   (New Zealand)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Whakatane Hospital   (New Zealand)

^e Vigi Santé   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; CANADA; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030771533     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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