Measuring disability, the agreement between self evaluation and observation of performance

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 61-67

  Wijlhuizen, Gert Jan ^a   Ooijendijk, Wil ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032927217     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096382899297981     Document Type: Article

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