Validation of a Norwegian version of the Burn Specific Health Scale

Burns

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 563-570

  Litlere Moi A ^a,b   Wentzel Larsen, T ^a   Salemark, L ^a   Hanestad, B ^b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Burn injury; Cross cultural adaptation; Outcome; Quality of life questionnaire; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0042591172     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(03)00146-3     Document Type: Article

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