Assessing reliability of a measure of self-rated health

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 218-224

  Lundberg, Olle ^a   Manderbacka, Kristiina ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

health measurement; self rated health; survey techniques; test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 26444576527     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/140349489602400314     Document Type: Article

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