Validity of measures is no simple matter

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5 II, 2005, Pages 1584-1604

  Sechrest, Lee ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Constructs; Measurement; Validity

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 26444566788     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00443.x     Document Type: Review

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