Psychometric testing of a health survey for field reporting of decompression outcome

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 137-142

  Doolette, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decompression illness; Diving; Health status; Health surveys; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HEALTH SURVEY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0034278533     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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