Health status evaluation with the SF-36 survey: Preliminary results in Mexico;Evaluacion del estado de salud con la encuesta SF-36: Resultados preliminares en Mexico

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 110-118

  Zúniga, Miguel A ^a,d   Carrillo Jiménez, Genny T ^b   Fos, Peter J ^a   Gandek, Barbara ^c   Medina Moreno, Manuel R ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c Intl Qual of Life Assess Project   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic surveys; Health status; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0043280195     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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