Construct validation of the USA-Spanish version of the SF-36 health survey in a Cuban-American population with benign prostatic hyperplasia

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-126

  Arocho, R ^a   McMillan, C A ^b   Sutton Wallace, P ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b Health Outcomes Assessment   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Cross culture study; Cultural diversity; Health related quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CUBA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EVALUATION STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031932969     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008801308886     Document Type: Article

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