Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the osteoporosis knowledge and health belief questionnaires

Maturitas

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-139

  Baheiraei, Azam ^a,b   Ritchie, Jan E ^b   Eisman, John A ^a   Nguyen, Tuan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CALCIUM, DIETARY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; LANGUAGE ARTS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 11844275390     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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