Measuring disability with parsimony

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 295-306

  Verbrugge, Lois M ^a   Merrill, Susan S ^b   Liu, Xian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b California Medical Review Inc   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Global item; Health surveys; Self rated health; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033037544     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096382899297729     Document Type: Article

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