Test-retest reliability of measures of social network in the "Pró-Saúde" Study;Confiabilidade teste-reteste de aspectos da rede social no Estudo Pró-Saúde

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-385

  Harter Griep, Rosane ^a   Chor, Dóra ^b   Faerstein, Eduardo ^c   Lopes, Cláudia ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Interpersonal relations; Interprofessional relations; Linear models; Log linear models; Questionnaires; Reliability; Reproducibility of results; Social network; Universities; Workers

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038446806     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102003000300018     Document Type: Article

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