A comprehensive strategy for developing closed-ended survey items for use in studies of older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Krause, Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; GERONTOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0036727198     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/57.5.S263     Document Type: Article

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