A Guide to Health Measurement

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 413, Issue , 2003, Pages 80-89

  Jackowski, Dianne ^a   Guyatt, Gordon ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

COMMUNICATION; GUIDELINES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0347985483     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000079771.06654.13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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