Assessment of the SF-36 version 2 in the United Kingdom

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-50

  Jenkinson, Crispin ^a   Stewart Brown, Sarah ^a   Petersen, Sophie ^a   Paice, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032896333     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.53.1.46     Document Type: Article

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