Validity of the SF-12 compared with the SF-36 Health Survey in pilot studies of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 259-271

  Schofield, Margot J ^a   Mishra, Gita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health; Physical health; Quality of life; SF 12; SF 36; Validity; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031921840     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135910539800300209     Document Type: Article

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