Feasibility of Using Short Form 36 in Chinese Population

Journal of West China University of Medical Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-42

  Liu, Chaojie ^a   Li, Ningxiu ^b   Ren, Xiaohui ^b   Li, Jun ^b   Zhang, Jun ^b   Sun, Ding ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Quality of life; Reliability; SF 36; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHINA; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0038268080     PISSN: 02577712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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