Assessment of differential item functioning in the Perceived Stress Scale-10

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 319-320

  Cole, Stephen R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; STATISTICS; STRESS;

EID: 0032920441     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.53.5.319     Document Type: Article

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